Helsinki meaning

hĕl'sĭng'kē, hĕl-sĭng'-
The capital and largest city of Finland, in the southern part of the country on the Gulf of Finland. Founded in 1550 by Gustav I Vasa of Sweden, it was moved to its present site in 1640. Helsinki passed to Russia along with Finland in 1809 and became capital of Finland in 1812, retaining that status when the country proclaimed its independence in 1917.
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Capital of Finland: seaport on the Gulf of Finland.
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The capital city of Finland. The Greater Helsinki has a population of 1.2 million.
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Helsinki Sentence Examples

  • HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki), a seaport and the capital of Finland and of the province of Nyland, centre of the administrative, scientific, educational and industrial life of Finland.

  • Acoustics laboratory of Finland - Helsinki University acoustics laboratory of Finland - Helsinki University Acoustics Lab.

  • cousin's son, just north of Helsinki.

  • diachronic corpus with English texts from different periods was compiled at the University of Helsinki.

  • Helsinki's geographical location sits on a narrow peninsula, limiting development northwards.

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