Tartu

//ˈtɑɹtu// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The second-largest city in Estonia.

    "Even though teacher training has been completely overhauled at Tartu University to place more emphasis on how to teach students critical thinking and communication and less on content knowledge, officials there say it’s taking a while to trickle down into the classroom."

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian Tartu, from earlier Tarbatu, ultimately from tarvas (“aurochs”), qv.

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