Porvoo.
Porvoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, east of Helsinki)
Meaning & usage
Porvoo (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, east of Helsinki)
Where this word comes from
Medieval rendering of Swedish Borgå, perhaps even Old Swedish Borgha. The Swedish place name (from borg (“castle”) + å (“river”)) probably refers to the fortress hills at the bank of the river (now called Porvoonjoki).
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