# Turku
## English
### Etymology

From Finnish Turku, from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “market place”).

### Proper noun

Turku
* A municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland.

#### Synonyms

* Åbo

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Truku

## Finnish
### Etymology

From turku (“market place”) (archaic) (see it for more). Originally the city was referred to as "Suomen Turku", i.e. the marketplace or market city in Finland, as opposed to market cities located elsewhere around the Baltic Sea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈturku/, [ˈt̪urku]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -urku
* Hyphenation: Tur‧ku

### Proper noun

Turku
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)
* a Finnish surname

#### Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Turku" is Turussa.
Possessive forms of Turku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Turkuni
Turkuni
accusative
nom.
Turkuni
Turkuni
gen.
Turkuni
genitive
Turkuni
Turkujeni
partitive
Turkuani
Turkujani
inessive
Turussani
Turuissani
elative
Turustani
Turuistani
illative
Turkuuni
Turkuihini
adessive
Turullani
Turuillani
ablative
Turultani
Turuiltani
allative
Turulleni
Turuilleni
essive
Turkunani
Turkuinani
translative
Turukseni
Turuikseni
abessive
Turuttani
Turuittani
instructive
comitative
—Turkuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Turkusi
Turkusi
accusative
nom.
Turkusi
Turkusi
gen.
Turkusi
genitive
Turkusi
Turkujesi
partitive
Turkuasi
Turkujasi
inessive
Turussasi
Turuissasi
elative
Turustasi
Turuistasi
illative
Turkuusi
Turkuihisi
adessive
Turullasi
Turuillasi
ablative
Turultasi
Turuiltasi
allative
Turullesi
Turuillesi
essive
Turkunasi
Turkuinasi
translative
Turuksesi
Turuiksesi
abessive
Turuttasi
Turuittasi
instructive
comitative
—Turkuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Turkumme
Turkumme
accusative
nom.
Turkumme
Turkumme
gen.
Turkumme
genitive
Turkumme
Turkujemme
partitive
Turkuamme
Turkujamme
inessive
Turussamme
Turuissamme
elative
Turustamme
Turuistamme
illative
Turkuumme
Turkuihimme
adessive
Turullamme
Turuillamme
ablative
Turultamme
Turuiltamme
allative
Turullemme
Turuillemme
essive
Turkunamme
Turkuinamme
translative
Turuksemme
Turuiksemme
abessive
Turuttamme
Turuittamme
instructive
comitative
—Turkuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Turkunne
Turkunne
accusative
nom.
Turkunne
Turkunne
gen.
Turkunne
genitive
Turkunne
Turkujenne
partitive
Turkuanne
Turkujanne
inessive
Turussanne
Turuissanne
elative
Turustanne
Turuistanne
illative
Turkuunne
Turkuihinne
adessive
Turullanne
Turuillanne
ablative
Turultanne
Turuiltanne
allative
Turullenne
Turuillenne
essive
Turkunanne
Turkuinanne
translative
Turuksenne
Turuiksenne
abessive
Turuttanne
Turuittanne
instructive
comitative
—Turkuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Turkunsa
Turkunsa
accusative
nom.
Turkunsa
Turkunsa
gen.
Turkunsa
genitive
Turkunsa
Turkujensa
partitive
Turkuaan Turkuansa
Turkujaan Turkujansa
inessive
Turussaan Turussansa
Turuissaan Turuissansa
elative
Turustaan Turustansa
Turuistaan Turuistansa
illative
Turkuunsa
Turkuihinsa
adessive
Turullaan Turullansa
Turuillaan Turuillansa
ablative
Turultaan Turultansa
Turuiltaan Turuiltansa
allative
Turulleen Turullensa
Turuilleen Turuillensa
essive
Turkunaan Turkunansa
Turkuinaan Turkuinansa
translative
Turukseen Turuksensa
Turuikseen Turuiksensa
abessive
Turuttaan Turuttansa
Turuittaan Turuittansa
instructive
comitative
—Turkuineen Turkuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* turkulainen
* Turunmaa

#### Statistics

* The surname Turku belongs to 239 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* kurut

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuʁ.ku/

### Proper noun

Turku ?
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)

## German
### Proper noun

Turku n (proper noun, genitive Turkus or (optionally with an article) Turku)
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtur.ku/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -urku
* Syllabification: Tur‧ku
* Homophone: turku

### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Turku. Doublet of targ.

#### Proper noun

Turku n (indeclinable)
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

Turku m pers
* locative/vocative singular of Turek

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

Turku m inan
* locative/vocative singular of Turek

### Further reading

* Turku in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Turku in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Turku.

### Proper noun

Turku f
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)
    Synonym: Abo

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Turku ?
* Turku (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland)