Helsingfors

English

Etymology

From Swedish Helsingfors.

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. (obsolete) Helsinki (the capital of Finland).

Translations

Helsinki — see Helsinki

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Danish

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. (dated, now rare) Helsinki

Synonyms

• Helsinki

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Norwegian Bokmål

View of Eläintarhanlahti from the west, in Helsinki, Finland.

Etymology

From Swedish Helsingfors (“Helsinki”), first part is the common place name Helsinge. Last part fors (“rapid, waterfall”), from Old Swedish fors (“torrent, stream, waterfall”), from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall, torrent”), from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to sprinkle, splatter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlsɪŋfɔʂ/, /ˈhɛlsɪŋfɔʁs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʂ, -ɔʁs
• Hyphenation: Hel‧sing‧fors

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (the capital city and urban area of Greater Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)

References

• “Helsingfors” in Store norske leksikon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (capital of Finland)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlsɪŋˈfɔrs/, [hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]

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Proper noun

Helsingfors n (genitive Helsingfors)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)