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A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
Grammatically Helsinki slang is based on colloquial Finnish. It is characterized by a large number of words originally borrowed from Swedish, German and Russian, but nowadays chiefly English. The loanwords replace some of even the most mundane Finnish-language words (closest kin words, food, die, etc.) with foreign
Turku (/ ˈ t ʊər k uː / TOOR-koo; [12] [13] Finnish: ⓘ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: ⓘ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura .
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]
Hesburger (colloquially known in Finland as Hese and in Estonia as Hess) is a fast food chain based in Turku, Finland. [2] [3] In 2008 it was the largest hamburger restaurant chain in Finland, [2] Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with a market share larger than that of U.S.-based rival McDonald's. It further operates in Bulgaria, Germany, Poland ...
Turun sinappi (Swedish name: Åbo senap) is a mustard made in Finland. It is often served with makkara (i.e. sausage). Turun sinappi was first launched by Turku foodstuffs manufacturer Jalostaja in 1948. The mustard got its name after the Finnish city of Turku. It is sold in yellow 250 g tubes.
Lists of foods named after places have been compiled by writers, sometimes on travel websites or food-oriented websites, as well as in books. Since all of these names are words derived from place names, they are all toponyms. This article covers English language food toponyms which may have originated in English or other languages.
The Southwest Finnish dialects can be divided into two subgroups, Northern and Eastern groups, which in turn can be divided into even smaller groups. Heikki Ojansuu [ fi ] divided the Northern group into three: Rauma , Taivassalo and Masku groups, and the Eastern group into two: Halikko and Coastal groups.