Tammerfors
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
She seems to have met this Englishman up at Tammerfors, or at some place further north, yet it is curious that her passport should be in order even though she fled so precipitately from Kajana.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
The Finns say that this is the heart of their country, while Helsingfors and Tammerfors constitute its brains.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
She arrived yesterday morning from Tammerfors accompanied by an Englishman.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
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