Ritola

Finnish

Etymology

(sense 2): From Ville Ritola, a Finnish long-distance runner who won 8 Olympic medals in the 1920's.

Proper noun

Ritola

  1. A surname​.
  2. (humorous) escape, flight; used in the idiomatic expression ottaa Ritolat (“to run away, take to the hills, lit. take the Ritolas”).
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