Tammerfors

[ tahm-muhr-fawrs ]

noun

1. Swedish name of Tampere.

Tammerfors

/ tamərˈfɔrs /

noun

1. the Swedish name for Tampere

Example Sentences

German troops were landed in Finland April 3, and on the same day the Finnish White Guards captured Tammerfors.

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It is connected by railway with Helsingfors and Tammerfors, and is the centre of the Finnish butter export, which now amounts to over �1,000,000 yearly.

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Tammerfors may be called the Manchester of Finland; but the towns are really hardly worth mentioning as towns, being all built of wood and utterly lacking historical interest.

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The Finns say that this is the heart of their country, while Helsingfors and Tammerfors constitute its brains.

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He told me that the police were in the vicinity and intended to raid the hut, therefore I fled with him, first down to Tammerfors and then to Abo, and on here.

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