Helsingfors

From Swedish Helsingfors.

Helsingfors

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

Helsingfors

1. (dated, now rare) Helsinki

• Helsinki

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”).

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

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

Helsingfors

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

• “Helsingfors” in Store norske leksikon

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (capital of Finland)

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

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Helsingfors n (genitive Helsingfors)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)