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Turku

American  
[toor-koo] / ˈtʊər ku /

noun

  1. a seaport in southwestern Finland.


Turku British  
/ ˈturku /

noun

  1. Swedish name: Åbo.  a city and port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia: capital of Finland until 1812. Pop: 175 059 (2003 est)

"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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"We are not claiming that bees think like humans," says Loukola, who currently works as a Senior Researcher at the University of Turku.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

The project is a collaboration between the university hospitals of Helsinki, Kuopio and Turku, Hatanpää Hospital in Tampere, Hospital Nova in Jyväskylä and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

From Science Daily May 6, 2026

Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, and the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, have now proposed a theoretical idea and made corresponding experiments to overcome this problem.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

A study conducted at the University of Turku in Finland shows that investment by maternal grandmothers can improve the well-being of grandchildren who have faced adversities in life.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2024

Thus too Åbo, the ancient capital of Finland, was called Turku, which in the Swedish language means a market-place.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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