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HELSINGFORS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Helsingfors mean?
• HELSINGFORS (noun)
The noun HELSINGFORS has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
Familiarity information: HELSINGFORS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Finland; Finnish capital; Helsingfors; Helsinki
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Helsingfors" is a part of...):
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
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