Turku

== English == === Etymology === From Finnish Turku, from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “market place”). === Proper noun === Turku A municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland. ==== Synonyms ==== Åbo ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Truku == Finnish == === Etymology === From turku (“market place”) (archaic) (see it for more). Originally the city was referred to as "Suomen Turku", i.e. the marketplace or market city in Finland, as opposed to market cities located elsewhere around the Baltic Sea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈturku/, [ˈt̪urku] Rhymes: -urku Syllabification(key): Tur‧ku Hyphenation(key): Tur‧ku === Proper noun === Turku (uncountable) Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland) a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Turku" is Turussa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== The surname Turku belongs to 234 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === kurut == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuʁ.ku/ === Proper noun === Turku ? Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland) == German == === Proper noun === Turku n (proper noun, genitive Turkus or (optionally with an article) Turku) Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland) == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtur.ku/ Rhymes: -urku Syllabification: Tur‧ku Homophone: turku === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Turku. Doublet of targ. ==== Proper noun ==== Turku n (indeclinable) Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Turku m pers locative/vocative singular of Turek === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Turku m inan locative/vocative singular of Turek === Further reading === Turku in Polish dictionaries at PWN Turku in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Turku. === Proper noun === Turku f Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland) Synonym: Abo == Spanish == === Proper noun === Turku ? Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)