"Finlands huvudstad heter Helsingfors."
Translation:The capital of Finland is called Helsinki.
November 23, 2014
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dfpeterson
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I know there is a city in Sweden called Helsingborg (my mormormormor was born there) do they have the same Swedish root?
mirsilla
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The common theory for the name of Helsingfors seems to be that it's named after the old Swedish province Hälsingland, which is where a lot of the original inhabitants of the city came from. The name Hälsingland comes from the Swedish word 'hals', meaning isthmus, and I would guess that the same word is the base of Helsingborg as well. So they're sort of from the same root :)
BenMack8
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For good idiomatic English you do not need to put "is called," unless you're trying to sound like you're 7! 20220306