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Turku

[ toor-koo ]

noun

  1. a seaport in southwestern Finland.


Turku

/ ˈturku /

noun

  1. a city and port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia: capital of Finland until 1812. Pop: 175 059 (2003 est) Swedish nameÅbo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Thus too Åbo, the ancient capital of Finland, was called Turku, which in the Swedish language means a market-place.

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