Proper noun
Turku
A city in Finland.
All Finnish national TV channels are viewable and national radio channels audible in the Turku area. Source: Internet
Aurakatu area in the 1910s In 1918, a new university, the Åbo Akademi – the only Swedish language university in Finland – was founded in Turku. Source: Internet
A year later, on 8 December 1915, Sibelius presented the revised version of his Fifth Symphony in Turku, combining the first two movements and simplifying the finale. Source: Internet
A more exclusive definition for the urban area is the city region of Turku with a population around 235,000 consisting of four major municipalities Kaarina, Raisio, Naantali, and Turku. Source: Internet
As of 2010, Turku and Tampere have preliminary plans for new tram systems, but no decision to build them has been made. Source: Internet
Even if Turku had no official capital status, both the short-lived institutions of Dukes and Governors-General of Finland usually had their Finnish residences there. Source: Internet