A Conversation for Turku/Abo, Finland

AURA

Post 1

Britwannabe {......... }

I live in the upper peninsula of Michigan, USA, where many Finnish immigrants founded towns. One of these near my camp is named Aura. I have been told that Aura is a not so often Finnish word for plow and it's nice to know that it is also a river. The Finns who founded Aura had been kicked out of the copper mines after going on strike and eeked out a living growing what food they could after clearing the land. Every year people come from all over the US attend the Aura Jamboree, a folk music festival.


AURA

Post 2

Inkwash

Interesting to learn- for some reason I'd assumed it was a Swedish word.


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