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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

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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

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

She seems to have met this Englishman up at Tammerfors, or at some place further north, yet it is curious that her passport should be in order even though she fled so precipitately from Kajana.

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

Tammerfors may be called the Manchester of Finland; but the towns are really hardly worth mentioning as towns, being all built of wood and utterly lacking historical interest.

From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)

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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