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 region, Finland)

• “Helsingfors” in Store norske leksikon

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (capital of Finland)

From Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinge rapids”), the original name of the rapids (now called Gammelstadsforsen) around which the city was founded. The initial part is probably derived from hals and can be compared to the initial part of Hälsingland and Helsingborg (also spelled Hälsingborg in the past).

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

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Helsingfors n (genitive Helsingfors)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

• → Dutch: Elsenfors