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Oulu

American  
[oh-loo, ou-, oh-loo] / ˈoʊ lu, ˈaʊ-, ˈoʊ lʊ /

noun

  1. a city in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

  2. a river in central Finland, flowing NE to the Gulf of Bothnia. About 65 miles (105 km) long.


Oulu British  
/ ˈɔulu /

noun

  1. Swedish name: Uleåborg.  an industrial city and port in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia: university (1959). Pop: 125 928 (2003 est)

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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

"The dynamic atmospheric carbon transport model was specifically developed for describing geographical differences in the distribution of radiocarbon in the atmosphere," says Postdoctoral Researcher Kseniia Golubenko from the University of Oulu.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

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 Beckwith, Martha Warren