Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Finland on the Baltic Sea west of Helsinki. Settled in the early 1200s, it was the capital of Finland until 1812.
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- proper noun A city in
Finland .
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Examples
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The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test Saturday, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot (30 centimeters) taller than the ship – even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered.
Allure Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship, Debuts Friday (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post/AP 2010
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The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test Saturday, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot (30 centimeters) taller than the ship – even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered.
Allure Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship, Debuts Friday (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test Saturday, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot (30 centimeters) taller than the ship â even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered.
Allure Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship, Debuts Friday (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post/AP 2010
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(I said "hey" because we are in Turku, Finland and here, "hey" means hello!)
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Adam of Bremen, having occasion to treat of the countries adjoining the Baltic, was so misled by the word Turku that this celebrated historian assures his readers that there were Turks in Finland.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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On June 11, Timo Vanto, MD, of Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland, gave a formal presentation titled Persistent Cow's Milk Hypersensitivity: IgE Antibodies to Milk Have a Peak Earlier Than Skin Prick Test Wheals.
Archive 2006-06-01 Steve Carper 2006
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On June 11, Timo Vanto, MD, of Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland, gave a formal presentation titled Persistent Cow's Milk Hypersensitivity: IgE Antibodies to Milk Have a Peak Earlier Than Skin Prick Test Wheals.
Big News! Test May Tell if Your Infant Will Always Be Allergic to Milk Steve Carper 2006
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Åbo, the ancient capital of Finland, was called Turku, which in the
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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The Atorox Award is given by the Turku Science Fiction Society in Finland for the best Finnish language short story of the year.
Tiptree Winners Announced sfawardswatch 2010
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So, yeah, as ye might have gathered from my Twitter feed and sporadic postings, for the last fortnight or so I've been having a wild ride of a world tour -- Chicago, London, Reading, Helsinki, Turku, Porvoo.
Adventures of a Couch-Hopping Scribbler Part 1: Chicago or Bust Hal Duncan 2010
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