Maaston

Maaston is a name that can appear in Nordic language contexts and may refer to different things depending on usage. In Finnish, maaston is the genitive form of maasto, meaning terrain or landscape. As a result, maaston is commonly encountered in descriptive phrases about geographic features, such as maaston muodot (the shapes of the terrain) or maaston korkeus (the height of the terrain).

Toponymy: There is no widely recognized municipality or city officially named Maaston in Finland, Estonia, or neighboring regions. In some local contexts, Maaston may be used informally as a district name or descriptive label for a particular geographic area, especially on maps or signage that emphasize topography.

Fiction and media: Maaston is sometimes used as the name of a fictional village, region, or setting in literature or games to evoke rugged or varied terrain. In such uses, the specifics of governance, history, and economy are created by the author and may not correspond to real places.

See also: maasto; toponymy; list of place names.