"The capital of Finland is called Helsinki."
Translation:Finlands huvudstad heter Helsingfors.
December 16, 2014
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Fun fact: Helsingfors means "Helsinge Rapids" (fors = rapid[s]), Helsinge being the name of the parish where the city was founded. The first part is common in Scandinavian place names, such as Helsingborg and Hälsingland in Sweden and Helsingør in Denmark.
Finnish Helsinki is an adaptation of the parish name Helsinge.
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What is wrong about "Finlands huvudstads namn är Helsingfors"? Too many genitivs? I thought "Mitt namn är..." is the same as "Jag heter..."?
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Har aldrig hört att man kallar det Hubla:) Vi kallar den alltid Husis