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Helsingfors is an English word with synonyms like helsinki or port. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Helsingfors in a sentence

Helsingfors meaning

Helsinki (the capital of Finland).

Synonyms of Helsingfors

helsinki capital of finland finnish capital national capital port

Related words

Other words often associated with Helsingfors or its synonyms:

larboard opening city transfer starboard porthole capital left side metropolis land interface

Using Helsingfors

  • The main meaning on this page is: Helsinki (the capital of Finland).
  • Useful related words include: helsinki, capital of finland, finnish capital, national capital.
  • In the example corpus, helsingfors often appears in combinations such as: of helsingfors.

Context around Helsingfors

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

organizing 1× gazette 1×

Sentence patterns with Helsingfors

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

name of helsingfors but remained 1× of the helsingfors gazette from 1× town of helsingfors which he 1× was in helsingfors organizing the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to reports 1× early history helsinki 1× in 1550 helsinki 1×

Common sentence endings:

1841 to 1860 1× departures for petrograd 1× known as tallinn 1× than two centuries 1×

Words around Helsingfors

Just before it in the word index:

helsinger 2 helsingborg 4 helsing 25 helsel 2 helsby 4 helps 5.687

Just after it in the word index:

helsingin 4 helsinki 267 helsley 5 helson 3 helston 38 helstoski 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Helsingfors

  • In this selection, "helsingfors" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, organizing and gazette stand out and add context to how "helsingfors" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include name of helsingfors but remained and of the helsingfors gazette from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "helsingfors" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with helsingfors

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

According to reports, Pavel Dybenko was in Helsingfors organizing the sailors' departures for Petrograd. (14 words)

He was also editor-in-chief of the Helsingfors Gazette from 1841 to 1860. (14 words)

In 1550 Helsinki was founded by Gustav Vasa under the name of Helsingfors, but remained little more than a fishing village for more than two centuries. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Early history Helsinki was established as a trading town by King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 as the town of Helsingfors, which he intended to be a rival to the Hanseatic city of Reval (today known as Tallinn ). (39 words)

In 1550 Helsinki was founded by Gustav Vasa under the name of Helsingfors, but remained little more than a fishing village for more than two centuries. (26 words)

According to reports, Pavel Dybenko was in Helsingfors organizing the sailors' departures for Petrograd. (14 words)

Example sentences (4)

According to reports, Pavel Dybenko was in Helsingfors organizing the sailors' departures for Petrograd.

Early history Helsinki was established as a trading town by King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 as the town of Helsingfors, which he intended to be a rival to the Hanseatic city of Reval (today known as Tallinn ).

He was also editor-in-chief of the Helsingfors Gazette from 1841 to 1860.

In 1550 Helsinki was founded by Gustav Vasa under the name of Helsingfors, but remained little more than a fishing village for more than two centuries.

Common combinations with helsingfors

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of helsingfors 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "helsingfors" in a sentence?
An example: "According to reports, Pavel Dybenko was in Helsingfors organizing the sailors' departures for Petrograd." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "helsingfors" from authentic English texts.
What does "helsingfors" mean?
Helsingfors means: Helsinki (the capital of Finland).
What are synonyms of "helsingfors"?
Common synonyms of "helsingfors" include: helsinki, capital of finland, finnish capital, national capital, port.
How many example sentences with "helsingfors" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "helsingfors", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.