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Porvoo
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English
Etymology
From en fi Porvoo.
Proper noun
en Q193367en city/and/municipality r/Uusimaa in southern c/Finland east of city/Helsinki.
Translations
city
Finnish: fi Porvoo
Russian: ru Порвоо, ru Бо́рго
Swedish: sv Borgå
Finnish
Etymology
Medieval rendering of fi sv Borgå, perhaps even fi gmq-osw Borgha. The Swedish place name (from sv borg castle + sv å river) probably refers to the fortress hills at the bank of the river (now called fi Porvoonjoki).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Porvoo Q193367
Usage notes
internal Porvoo Porvoossa
Declension
Porvo a
Derived terms
fi porvoolainen
fi compounds Porvoonjoki
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