Oulu
Americannoun
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a city in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
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a river in central Finland, flowing NE to the Gulf of Bothnia. About 65 miles (105 km) long.
noun
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Oulu may hold a European Capital of Culture title for the year, but nothing here feels temporary.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
To explore possible prevention strategies, scientists from the University of Edinburgh, working with colleagues from the University of Oulu and University College Dublin, analyzed extensive healthcare data from Finland using advanced statistical models.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025
Oulu University Hospital in Finland plans to use the technology as well, and a bus will travel around Oman this year to perform breast cancer screenings using A.I.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
Olli Loukola, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Oulu in Finland, who led the ball-rolling study in 2017 and was not involved in the new work, also wonders about the behavior’s ultimate function.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 27, 2022
The Maui hero, Oulu, encounters him with his sling; the first stone misses, the god Lono in answer to prayer averts the next.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
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