"Oulu" meaning in English

See Oulu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Finnish Oulu. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fi|Oulu}} Finnish Oulu Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Oulu
  1. A municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. Categories (place): Cities in Finland, Cities in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia, Finland, Places in Finland, Places in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, Regional capitals of Finland
    Sense id: en-Oulu-en-name-wlzLn1Lh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 59 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 69 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 32 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 64 36 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 37 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 35 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 59 38 3
  2. A town in Wisconsin, United States. Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Wisconsin, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Oulu-en-name-FhX8btfa
  3. A lake in northern Finland. Categories (place): Lakes, Places in Finland Synonyms (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania [historical] Translations (lake in Finland): Oulujärvi (Finnish), Ule träsk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Oulu-en-name-1daK8vYA Disambiguation of 'lake': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'lake in Finland': 26 5 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (city in Finland): 奧盧 /奥卢 (Àolú) (Chinese Mandarin), Oulu (Danish), Oulu (Finnish), Oulu (German), Όουλου (Óoulou) (Greek), Oulu [neuter] (Polish), О́улу (Óulu) [masculine] (Russian), Uleåborg [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'city in Finland': 49 4 47
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