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Tartu.

Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈtaʈʉ//ˈtaʁtʉ//ˈtɑrtʊ/Estonian
  1. Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)

    Tartu har fra 1600-tallet vært et sentrum for kultur og vitenskap.
Where this word comes from

From Estonian Tartu (“Tartu”), from earlier Tarbatu (“Tartu”), from tarvas (“aurochs”), from Proto-Finnic *tarvas (“aurochs”), from earlier *tawras, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás (“aurochs, wisent”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).

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