Helsinki

H4E1L1S1I1N1K5I1
/hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/

proper noun

The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

Similar
Helsingfors
OriginFinnish Helsinki ← Swedish Helsinge ← Old Swedish Helsinga →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

    My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.

    2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 376–377
    1 more example

    There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August.

    2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017

    Synonyms: Helsingfors

  2. metonymicallyThe Finnish government.

    The aim of the bill is to introduce temporary measures which curb migrants from entering the Nordic nation, in response to what Helsinki sees as “hybrid warfare” from Russia.

    2024 July 12, “Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border”, in Euronews

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

Similar
Helsingfors

Origin

  1. Old SwedishHelsinga
  2. SwedishHelsingå
  3. SwedishHelsinge
  4. FinnishHelsinki
  5. EnglishHelsinki

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

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Translations

Afrikaans Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Arabic هِلْسِنْكِي
  • هِلْسِنْكِي (helsinkī, hilsinkī)the capital city of Finland
Bengali হেলসিঙ্কি
  • হেলসিঙ্কি (helośiṅki)the capital city of Finland
Brazilian Portuguese Helsinque
  • Helsinquethe capital city of Finland
Bulgarian Хе́лзинки
  • Хе́лзинки (Hélzinki)the capital city of Finland
Chinese Cantonese 赫爾辛基 /赫尔辛基, 赫爾辛福 /赫尔辛福
  • 赫爾辛基 /赫尔辛基 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ gei¹)the capital city of Finland
  • 赫爾辛福 /赫尔辛福 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ fuk¹)the capital city of Finland
Chinese Mandarin 赫爾辛基 /赫尔辛基, 赫爾辛福 /赫尔辛福
  • 赫爾辛基 /赫尔辛基 (Hè'ěrxīnjī)the capital city of Finland
  • 赫爾辛福 /赫尔辛福 (Hè'ěrxīnfú)the capital city of Finland
Czech Helsinky
  • Helsinkythe capital city of Finland
Danish Helsinki, Helsingfors
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
  • Helsingforsthe capital city of Finland
Dutch Helsinki, Elsenfors
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
  • Elsenforsthe capital city of Finland
Esperanto Helsinko
  • Helsinkothe capital city of Finland
Estonian Helsingi
  • Helsingithe capital city of Finland
European Portuguese Helsínquia
  • Helsínquiathe capital city of Finland
Finnish Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
French Helsinki, Helsingfors
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
  • Helsingforsthe capital city of Finland
German Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Greek Ελσίνκι
  • Ελσίνκι (Elsínki)the capital city of Finland
Hebrew הֶלְסִינְקִי
  • הֶלְסִינְקִי (helsinki)the capital city of Finland
Hindi हेलसिंकी
  • हेलसिंकी (helsiṅkī)the capital city of Finland
Hungarian Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Icelandic Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Indonesian Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Irish Heilsincí
  • Heilsincíthe capital city of Finland
Italian Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Japanese ヘルシンキ, ヘルシンフォーズ
  • ヘルシンキ (Herushinki)the capital city of Finland
  • ヘルシンフォーズ (Herushinfōzu)the capital city of Finland
Korean 헬싱키, 헬싱포스
  • 헬싱키 (Helsingki)the capital city of Finland
  • 헬싱포스 (Helsingposeu)the capital city of Finland
Latin Helsingia
  • Helsingiathe capital city of Finland
Latvian Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Lithuanian Helsinkis
  • Helsinkisthe capital city of Finland
Malay Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål Helsingfors
  • Helsingforsthe capital city of Finland
Persian هلسینکی
  • هلسینکی (helsinki)the capital city of Finland
Polish Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Romanian Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Russian Хе́льсинки, Гельсингфо́рс
  • Хе́льсинки (Xélʹsinki)the capital city of Finland
  • Гельсингфо́рс (Gelʹsingfórs)the capital city of Finland
Slovak Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Spanish Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Swedish Helsingfors
  • Helsingforsthe capital city of Finland
Tamil எல்சிங்கி
  • எல்சிங்கி (elciṅki)the capital city of Finland
Thai เฮลซิงกิ
  • เฮลซิงกิ (hel-sing-gì)the capital city of Finland
Turkish Helsinki
  • Helsinkithe capital city of Finland
Ukrainian Ге́льсінкі, Гельсінгфо́рс
  • Ге́льсінкі (Hélʹsinki)the capital city of Finland
  • Гельсінгфо́рс (Helʹsinhfórs)the capital city of Finland
Urdu ہلسنکی
  • ہلسنکی (helsinkī)the capital city of Finland
Vietnamese Hiệu Sinh Kỳ, Hiệu Sinh Kì
  • Hiệu Sinh Kỳthe capital city of Finland
  • Hiệu Sinh Kìthe capital city of Finland
  • Hen-xin-kithe capital city of Finland
Yiddish העלסינקי
  • העלסינקי (helsinki)the capital city of Finland
Cite this entry
APA

Helsinki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helsinki

MLA

“Helsinki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helsinki. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Helsinki,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helsinki.

Source: Helsinki on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.