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’.
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Coordinates:   59°26'5"N   24°44'36"E
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