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However, the old Russian word also passed directly into the Finnish language and took the form turku. Today the word is only used in idioms, but already in the Middle Ages the word gradually came to mean the town name Turku. [22] [23] The Swedish name Åbo may be a simple combination of å ("river; creek; large stream") and bo ("dwelling").
The Turku dialect is famous for its seemingly inverted questions. For example, "Ei me mittä kaffelle men?" looks like it means "So we don't go for coffees?" but actually means "Shall we go for coffees?" [2] The Southwest Finnish dialects have pitch accents and Swedish influences, as well as features from other dialect groups (especially ...
Varissuo in the city of Turku, Finland. Varissuomi (lit. ' crow Finnish '), sometimes also referred to in some sources as "huono suomi" (' bad Finnish ') or more recently as ”Varissuo slang”, is a group of distinct forms of the Finnish language which have developed recently [when?] among the youth of Varissuo, the largest suburb of Turku, Finland. [1]
Kraut is a German word recorded in English from 1918 onwards as a derogatory term for a German, particularly a German soldier during World War I. The term came up after the American entry into World War I, which followed the Turnip Winter and had resulted in the food trade stop for Germany through neutral states. The analogy of this term is the ...
Colloquial or spoken Finnish (suomen puhekieli) is the unstandardized spoken variety of the Finnish language, in contrast with the standardized form of the language (yleiskieli). It is used primarily in personal communication and varies somewhat between the different dialects .
Turku metropolitan area or Turku region (Finnish: Turun seutu, Swedish: Åbo region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Turku in Finland. The joint municipal authority of the Turku city region ( Finnish : Turun kaupunkiseutu , Swedish : Åbo stadsregion ) consists of six municipalities: Turku, Kaarina , Lieto , Naantali , Raisio and ...
According to the Finnish wikipedia article about Turku, the name comes from the ancient Russian word tǔrgǔ, which means "[city] square".--MoRsE 18:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC) Orginally the Russian word is the same as Finnish "tori", both derived from Norse "torg". --Drieakko 22:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
In 1809, Finland came under Russian rule with Turku serving as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland. In 1812, the Russians relocated the capital to Helsinki . The Great Fire of Turku in 1827 was a significant milestone in the history of the city due to its almost complete destruction.