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- proper noun The fourth largest city in
Finland just north ofHelsinki , the capital.
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Examples
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Finnish layers Veikkaus also saw the 8,787-1 they were offering on Haka Valkeakoski to beat Allianssi Vantaa 8-0 snapped up by an unusually large number of punters – and then winced when it happened on 7 July last.
The Knowledge | Which footballers have been mentioned in parliament? | John Ashdown 2011
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Finnish layers Veikkaus also saw the 8,787-1 they were offering on Haka Valkeakoski to beat Allianssi Vantaa 8-0 snapped up by an unusually large number of punters – and then winced when it happened on 7 July last.
The Knowledge | Which footballers have been mentioned in parliament? | John Ashdown 2011
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Hughes will get the leg-up on Ceffyl Gwell for his boss Richard Hannon in division one of the six-furlong maiden, while Hanagan rides Vantaa for his retained trainer Richard Fahey.
Talking Horses Will Hayler 2010
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On the other hand, police were called to a school in Vantaa, Finland near Helsinki when one of the students complained about not getting enough fish sticks in his school lunch.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Man Arrested for Calling 911 Over Botched McDonald’s Order: 2009
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` ` I got a couple lucky bounces and my teammates made some great plays setting me up, '' said the native of Vantaa, Finland.
USATODAY.com 2007
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A Finnish library-goer apparently thought ‘better late than never’ and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland.
Finn returns library book more than a century late « ResourceShelf 2008
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"A Finnish library-goer apparently thought 'better late than never' and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland."
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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"A Finnish library-goer apparently thought 'better late than never' and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland."
Late Returns 2008
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Now, at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa airport, we were finally face to face.
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The consumption of heating energy is only about one third compared to the old warehouse in Hämeenkylä, Vantaa.
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