Turku

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See also: turku and türkü

English

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Etymology

From Finnish Turku, from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “market place”).

Proper noun

Turku

  1. A city in Finland.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

Finnish

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Etymology

From turku (“(archaic) marketplace”) (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/,
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  • Rhymes: -urku
  • Hyphenation(key): Tur‧ku

Proper noun

Turku

  1. Turku (a city in Finland)
  2. 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.

Inflection of Turku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation)
nominative Turku Turut
genitive Turun Turkujen
partitive Turkua Turkuja
illative Turkuun Turkuihin
singular plural
nominative Turku Turut
accusative nom. Turku Turut
gen. Turun
genitive Turun Turkujen
partitive Turkua Turkuja
inessive Turussa Turuissa
elative Turusta Turuista
illative Turkuun Turkuihin
adessive Turulla Turuilla
ablative Turulta Turuilta
allative Turulle Turuille
essive Turkuna Turkuina
translative Turuksi Turuiksi
abessive Turutta Turuitta
instructive — Turuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Turku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Turkuni Turkuni
accusative nom. Turkuni Turkuni
gen. Turkuni
genitive Turkuni Turkujeni
partitive Turkuani Turkujani
inessive Turussani Turuissani
elative Turustani Turuistani
illative Turkuuni Turkuihini
adessive Turullani Turuillani
ablative Turultani Turuiltani
allative Turulleni Turuilleni
essive Turkunani Turkuinani
translative Turukseni Turuikseni
abessive Turuttani Turuittani
instructive — —
comitative — Turkuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Turkusi Turkusi
accusative nom. Turkusi Turkusi
gen. Turkusi
genitive Turkusi Turkujesi
partitive Turkuasi Turkujasi
inessive Turussasi Turuissasi
elative Turustasi Turuistasi
illative Turkuusi Turkuihisi
adessive Turullasi Turuillasi
ablative Turultasi Turuiltasi
allative Turullesi Turuillesi
essive Turkunasi Turkuinasi
translative Turuksesi Turuiksesi
abessive Turuttasi Turuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Turkuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Turkumme Turkumme
accusative nom. Turkumme Turkumme
gen. Turkumme
genitive Turkumme Turkujemme
partitive Turkuamme Turkujamme
inessive Turussamme Turuissamme
elative Turustamme Turuistamme
illative Turkuumme Turkuihimme
adessive Turullamme Turuillamme
ablative Turultamme Turuiltamme
allative Turullemme Turuillemme
essive Turkunamme Turkuinamme
translative Turuksemme Turuiksemme
abessive Turuttamme Turuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Turkuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Turkunne Turkunne
accusative nom. Turkunne Turkunne
gen. Turkunne
genitive Turkunne Turkujenne
partitive Turkuanne Turkujanne
inessive Turussanne Turuissanne
elative Turustanne Turuistanne
illative Turkuunne Turkuihinne
adessive Turullanne Turuillanne
ablative Turultanne Turuiltanne
allative Turullenne Turuillenne
essive Turkunanne Turkuinanne
translative Turuksenne Turuiksenne
abessive Turuttanne Turuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Turkuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Turkunsa Turkunsa
accusative nom. Turkunsa Turkunsa
gen. Turkunsa
genitive Turkunsa Turkujensa
partitive Turkuaan
Turkuansa 		Turkujaan
Turkujansa
inessive Turussaan
Turussansa 		Turuissaan
Turuissansa
elative Turustaan
Turustansa 		Turuistaan
Turuistansa
illative Turkuunsa Turkuihinsa
adessive Turullaan
Turullansa 		Turuillaan
Turuillansa
ablative Turultaan
Turultansa 		Turuiltaan
Turuiltansa
allative Turulleen
Turullensa 		Turuilleen
Turuillensa
essive Turkunaan
Turkunansa 		Turkuinaan
Turkuinansa
translative Turukseen
Turuksensa 		Turuikseen
Turuiksensa
abessive Turuttaan
Turuttansa 		Turuittaan
Turuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Turkuineen
Turkuinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Statistics

  • The surname Turku belongs to 239 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Turku ?

  1. Turku (a city in Finland)

German

Proper noun

Turku n (proper noun, genitive Turkus or (optionally with an article) Turku)

  1. Turku (a city in Finland)

Polish

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Turku

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Turku. Doublet of targ.

Proper noun

Turku n (indeclinable)

  1. Turku (a city in Southwest Finland, Finland)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Turku m pers

  1. locative/vocative singular of Turek

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Turku m inan

  1. 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

  1. Turku (a city in Finland)
    Synonym: Abo

Spanish

Proper noun

Turku ?

  1. Turku
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