Harju (Tallinn)
Harju Gate Street.
Harju: Of or corresponding to Harjumaa (county, inhabitants...) in northern Estonia. Possibly from the Finnish for ridge, harja ‘peak; crest of a mountain’, cf. Karelian, harja, harju ‘peak, crest (of a mountain); hillock, hill; sandy shoal’, and Olonets Karelian harju ‘heights; the top of a hill or crest of a furrow’, but cf. also Finnish harju ‘sandy bank or shoal’ and Karelian, harja, harju ‘sandy shoal’.
Harju: Of or corresponding to Harjumaa (county, inhabitants...) in northern Estonia. Possibly from the Finnish for ridge, harja ‘peak; crest of a mountain’, cf. Karelian, harja, harju ‘peak, crest (of a mountain); hillock, hill; sandy shoal’, and Olonets Karelian harju ‘heights; the top of a hill or crest of a furrow’, but cf. also Finnish harju ‘sandy bank or shoal’ and Karelian, harja, harju ‘sandy shoal’.
Harju, related objects
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°26'5"N 24°44'36"E
- St. Nicholas' Church 0.1 km
- Harjumägi 0.2 km
- Harjuorg 0.2 km
- Bastion Passages 0.2 km
- Freedom Square 0.2 km
- Toompea 0.3 km
- Tallinn old town 0.4 km
- Toompark 0.5 km
- Tallinn Bay 12 km
- Harju County 13 km
- Roseni 0.8 km
- Reisijate 0.8 km
- Rotermanni 0.9 km
- Kesk-Kalamaja 0.9 km
- Tornimäe 1 km
- Poordi 1 km
- Kuunari 1.2 km
- Varre 1.8 km
- Töökoja 2 km
- Siduri 2.5 km