Tehtaankatu

From tehtaan (“factory”) +‎ katu (“street”): "Factory Street". The street in Helsinki was named such because it was originally planned that a large industrial area would be built at its western end. These plans were never realized, but the name stuck.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtehtɑːnˌkɑtu/, [ˈt̪e̞ht̪ɑ̝ːŋˌkɑ̝t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɑtu
• Syllabification^(key): Teh‧taan‧ka‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): Tehtaan‧katu

Tehtaankatu

1. A street in Helsinki, Finland.
2. (metonymic) The Soviet (later Russian) Embassy, located on this street; (figuratively) the Soviet Union, or later Russia, in the context of their meddling in Finnish (domestic) politics, over which the Soviets maintained considerable influence after the Second World War.
3. A street in some smaller towns in Finland.