Helsinki

helsinki Helsinki Hèlsinki Helsínki Helsinkî Helsînkî Hêlsînkî Ħelsinki Ḥélsinki English Etymology en :bor fi:Helsinki + 1 Pronunciation en /hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/ hělʹsǐngʹkē en en-us-Helsinki.ogg US Proper noun en Q1757en capital city c/Finland ; municipality/capital r:pref/Uusimaa c/Finland. en obsolete Helsingfors en 2005 w:Bill Clinton My Life (Clinton autobiography) My Life https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/ II New York w:Vintage Books 1-4000-9673-1 60594427 376–377 https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/page/376/ My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed. en https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/yimby-groups-pro-development/532437/ w:The Atlantic 2017-07-05 Alana Semuels From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard' There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817040511/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/yimby-groups-pro-development/532437/ en metonym The Finnish government. en Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border w:Euronews https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/12/finland-approves-controversial-law-to-turn-away-migrants-at-russian-border 2024-07-12 The aim of the bill is to introduce temporary measures which curb migrants from entering the Nordic nation, in response to what Helsinki sees as “hybrid warfare” from Russia. https://web.archive.org/web/20260707200151/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/12/finland-approves-controversial-law-to-turn-away-migrants-at-russian-border 7 July 2026 Derived terms en Helsinkian Talsinki Translations the capital city of Finland Afrikaans: af Helsinki Albanian: sq Helsinki Amharic: am ሄልሲንኪ Arabic: ar هِلْسِنْكِي f helsinkī, hilsinkī Armenian: hy Հելսինկի, obsolete hy Հելսինգֆորս Asturian: ast Ḥélsinki Azerbaijani: az Helsinki Belarusian: be Хе́льсінкі m, be Хэ́льсынкі p, be Гельсінгфо́рс m historical Bengali: bn হেলসিঙ্কি Bulgarian: bg Хе́лзинки m Burmese: my ဟယ်လ်ဆင်ကီမြို့ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 赫爾辛基 haak1 ji5 san1 gei1, obsolete yue 赫爾辛福 haak1 ji5 san1 fuk1 Mandarin: cmn 赫爾辛基 Hè'ěrxīnjī, obsolete cmn 赫爾辛福 Hè'ěrxīnfú Czech: cs Helsinky f-p Danish: da Helsinki, da Helsingfors n dated Dutch: nl Helsinki n, obsolete nl Elsenfors Esperanto: eo Helsinko Estonian: et Helsingi Finnish: fi Helsinki French: fr Helsinki m; obsolete fr Helsingfors m Galician: gl Helsinqui Georgian: ka ჰელსინკი German: de Helsinki n Greek: el Ελσίνκι n Hebrew: he הֶלְסִינְקִי f helsinki Hindi: hi हेलसिंकी m Hungarian: hu Helsinki Icelandic: is Helsinki Indonesian: id Helsinki Irish: ga Heilsincí f Italian: it Helsinki f Japanese: ja ヘルシンキ Herushinki; obsolete ja ヘルシンフォーズ Herushinfōzu Kazakh: kk Хельсинки Khmer: km ហែលស៊ិនគី Korean: ko ^헬싱키; obsolete ko ^헬싱포스 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Helsinkî f, kmr Helsînkî Kyrgyz: ky Хельсинки Lao: lo ເຮນຊິນກີ Latin: la Helsingia f Latvian: lv Helsinki m Lithuanian: lt Helsinkis m Macedonian: mk Хелсинки m Malay: ms Helsinki Maltese: mt Ħelsinki Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Хельсинки Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Хельсинки Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Helsingfors Nynorsk: nn Helsingfors Pashto: ps هلسنکي f helsenki Persian: fa هلسینکی helsinki Polish: pl Helsinki p Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese: pt Helsinque f European Portuguese: pt Helsínquia f Romanian: ro Helsinki Russian: ru Хе́льсинки m, obsolete ru Гельсингфо́рс m Sami: Northern Sami: se Helsset Skolt Sami: sms Heʹlssen Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Хѐлсинки m Latin: sh Hèlsinki m Slovak: sk Helsinki f-p Slovene: sl Helsinki m-p Spanish: es Helsinki Swedish: sv Helsingfors Tajik: tg Ҳелсинкӣ Tamil: ta எல்சிங்கி Tatar: tt Һельсинки Thai: th เฮลซิงกิ Tibetan: bo ཧེལ་སིན་ཀི Turkish: tr Helsinki Turkmen: tk Helsinki Ukrainian: uk Ге́льсінкі m, uk Гельсінгфо́рс m historical Urdu: ur ہلسنکی m helsinkī Uyghur: ug خېلسىنكى Uzbek: uz Helsinki Vietnamese: vi Hiệu Sinh Kỳ, vi Hiệu Sinh Kì, vi Hen-xin-ki Võro: vro Helsinki Yiddish: yi העלסינקי n Afrikaans af: Etymology af fi Helsinki. Proper noun af Helsinki Q1757 Derived terms af Helsinkiër af Helsinkies Azerbaijani Proper noun az proper noun az Helsinki Q1757 Breton br: Proper noun br proper noun br Helsinki Q1757 Danish da: Pronunciation da Proper noun ? da Helsinki Q1757 da dated, rare Helsingfors Dutch nl: Etymology Borrowed from nl fi Helsinki. Pronunciation nl /ˌɦɛlˈsiŋ.ki/ /ˈɦɛlˌsiŋ.ki/ less common /-sɪŋ-/ nl Nl-Helsinki.ogg nl Hel sin ki Proper noun n nl Helsinki Q1757 Synonyms nl Elsenfors obsolete Finnish fi: thumb|upright=0.75|fi Helsinki kartalla|alt=Map of Finland with Helsinki highlighted thumb|upright=0.75|fi Kuvia Helsingistä|alt=Gallery of photos from Helsinki, Finland Etymology fi :bor sv:<alt:Helsinge><ety:from<sv:<alt:Helsingå><ety:inh<gmq-osw:<alt:Helsinga>>>>> Borrowed from vernacular fi sv Helsinge,Helsinki originally probably from a name sv Helsingå of the Vantaa (river) river Vantaa.Helsingin mlk. The oldest record of the name is as gmq-osw Helsinga in 1351. Vanhankaupunginkoski fi, the rapids around which Helsinki was first founded, was called sv Helsingefors Helsinki rapids in older sources; this is also the origin of the current Swedish name sv Helsingfors (from the early 1550s, although it is not certain whether the rapids were first called this and the city was named after them, or vice versa). The Finnish form fi Helsinki is first attested in the late 18th century, but took until the 19th century to become established. Practically every researcher that has sought to explain sv Helsinge has connected it with sv hälsing (compare sv Hälsingland, sv Helsingborg Helsingborg ~ Hälsingborg, da Helsingør), but the exact reason for this connection has long been a source of debate. Options include: Details sv hälsing is derived from sv hals neck (with i-umlaut), which has been thought to refer to nearby narrow bodies of water (e.g. in the case of Hälsingland, referring to Kvarken). Based on this, it has been proposed that the name, in case of Helsinki, refers to the nearby rapids in the Vantaa river.T. E. Karsten. Det svenska Finland II:1, p. 60 However, the exact geographical motive for this name remains in question, as rapids are generally not referred to as 'narrow' parts of water in place names (such designations are instead usually used of straits). Indeed, note that the village of sv Forsby (modern Koskela in Helsinki) is named after its location by the rapids (sv fors rapid(s) + sv by village). However, it has been proposed that prior to glacial rebound, the modern river valley of the Vantaa river could potentially have been a narrow strait, or that the name refers to the Gulf of Finland. Note that the semantics of the Swedish etymology have also been called into question; sv hals could equally well refer to a narrow part of land (i.e. a peninsula), for which there are no grounds in Helsinki's case (the idea that this name would refer to the Vironniemi peninsula onto which Helsinki was relocated in 1640 is anachronistic, as the name is clearly significantly older). Another possibility is that the name derives from an anthroponym (personal name). Such a name could have referred to someone from Hälsingland, but was not necessarily a geographical designator. If the name was originally a personal name, it was likely first given to a farm, in which case the river was named after it. According to Kepsu (2005), the name may have referred to even a single settler family from Hälsingland, and then used as a village name sv *Helsingby or sv *Hälsingby.Kepsu Saulo Uuteen maahan – Helsingin ja Vantaan vanha asutus ja nimistö 2005 Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 9517467230 It however doesn't seem that there is direct evidence for such an origin, e.g. no records of such a farm name. It has also been proposed that sv Helsinge was directly named after Hälsingland, according to the theory that the Swedish-speaking settlers of the village of that name originated from there. However, historians have later concluded that this is unlikely to have been the case, and that the majority of settlers instead came from Uppland.Historiska fel upprättas i ny bok Sonja Hellman Hufvudstadsbladet 2015-06-07 12 That makes this rather unlikely, but does not necessarily rule out the aforementioned idea of an anthroponymic origin. Another theory now considered unlikely ties the name to the meaning barnacle goose also found in sv hälsing. Such meanings are also found in locally spoken varieties of Swedish, and are found in some names for seaside places, but is highly unlikely to be a semantic match for what was likely originally a river or farm name. Pronunciation Fi-Helsinki-2.oga Proper noun fi Helsinki Q1757 fi abbreviation Hki colloquial, Helsinki Stadi colloquial, rest of Finland Hesa Declension internal Helsinki Helsingissä sg Helsi nk ng ä Derived terms fi helsinkiläinen Hesa Hesari References French Pronunciation Helsing-ki fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-Helsinki.wav fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Helsinki.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Helsinki.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Helsinki.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Helsinki.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun f fr Helsinki Q1757 German de fi sv Pronunciation de /ˈhɛlzɪŋki/ less often also /hɛlˈzɪŋki/ de De-Helsinki.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Helsinki2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Helsinki Q1757 de Helsinki ist die nördlichste Hauptstadt auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Helsinki is the northernmost capital city on the European continent. de Was heißt Sonnenuntergang auf Finnisch? – ? – Helsinki. - What is sunset in Finnish? – ? – Helsinki. A de Kalauer lame pun based on de hell light, bright and de sinken to sink. Here always stressed on the second syllable. Hungarian hu: Pronunciation helszinki hu Hel sin ki hu ki 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Helsinki Q1757 Declension Helsinki e sgHelsinki je sg Derived terms hu helsinki Icelandic is: Proper noun n.indecl is Helsinki Q1757 Indonesian id: Etymology id fi Helsinki. Pronunciation Hèl.sin.ki Proper noun en Helsinki Further reading Italian it: Etymology it fi -. Pronunciation elsìnchi !èlsinchi Proper noun m it Helsinki Q1757 Latvian lv: Proper noun m-p 1st lv Helsinki Q1757 Declension Helsink s 1st no-sg Norwegian Bokmål Etymology From nb en Helsinki, from nb fi Helsinki. Proper noun nb proper noun nb nonstandard nb Helsingfors nb Svanhild Bøe Verdens Gang Melding om flammer fra Oslo-fly etter landing i Helsinki https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/oEA7wg/finnair-passasjer-oppdaget-flammer-paa-fly-etter-landing 13 January 2026 Melding om flammer fra Oslo-fly etter landing i Helsinki Reports of flames from an Oslo flight after landing in Helsinki https://web.archive.org/web/20260819004604/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/oEA7wg/finnair-passasjer-oppdaget-flammer-paa-fly-etter-landing 19 August 2026 Usage notes Although the Language Council of Norway strongly prefers using the Swedish name of the city, the Finnish name of the city (Helsinki) remains in frequent use outside of media, especially since internationally published English-language material about Finland gives its name as Helsinki. Polish pl: thumb|Helsinki Etymology pl :bor fi:Helsinki + 1 Pronunciation Hels-inki Pl-Helsinki.ogg helsinki Proper noun nv-p helsiński pl Helsinki Q1757 Declension p Derived terms pl nouns helsinka helsińczyk Further reading Portuguese Proper noun f pt proscribed pt Helsinque Usage notes Helsinque Helsínquia Serbo-Croatian sh: Proper noun Hèlsinki m-in sh Helsinki Q1757 Slovak sk: Etymology sk :bor fi:Helsinki + 1 Pronunciation sk /ˈɦɛɫsiŋki/ Proper noun f-p Helsínk žena sk Helsinki Q1757 Declension Helsinki Helsínk Helsinkám Helsinki Helsinkách Helsinkami Derived terms sk Helsinčan m sk Helsinčanka f sk helsinský References Slovene sl: Pronunciation Hélsinki Proper noun Hélsinki m-p sl Helsinki Q1757 Declension Hélsink pl Related terms sl Hélsinčan / sl Hélsinčanka sl hélsinski References Spanish es: Pronunciation jelsinki + Proper noun es Helsinki Q1757 Related terms es helsinguino Turkish Etymology tr :bor fi:Helsinki + 1 Pronunciation tr [hælˈsinci] tr Hel sin ki Proper noun tr Helsinki Q1757 Declension Derived terms tr Helsinkili Võro Proper noun Helsinki Helsinkit vro Helsinki Q1757 Inflection vro noun