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TAMPERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tampere mean?
• TAMPERE (noun)
The noun TAMPERE has 1 sense:
1. an industrial city in south central Finland
Familiarity information: TAMPERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial city in south central Finland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Tammerfors; Tampere
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Tampere" is a part of...):
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
Context examples
Researchers from Emory University, University College London, and the University of Tampere in Finland explored whether variations in the genes for oxytocin and vasopressin receptors play a role.
(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)
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