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Tammerfors

American  
[tahm-muhr-fawrs] / ˌtɑm mərˈfɔrs /

noun

  1. Swedish name of Tampere.


Tammerfors British  
/ tamərˈfɔrs /

noun

  1. the Swedish name for Tampere

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She arrived yesterday morning from Tammerfors accompanied by an Englishman.

From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William

The Finns say that this is the heart of their country, while Helsingfors and Tammerfors constitute its brains.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

German troops were landed in Finland April 3, and on the same day the Finnish White Guards captured Tammerfors.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

Of the other cities, Abo has 30,000, Tammerfors, 25,000, and Viborg, 20,000 inhabitants.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

He told me that the police were in the vicinity and intended to raid the hut, therefore I fled with him, first down to Tammerfors and then to Abo, and on here.

From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William

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