Türisalu is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It has a population of 499 (as of 1 June 2010).
Geography An infamous site of suicides, Türisalu Cliff, is located in the village.
Name Türisalu was attested in historical sources as Thuriselle in 1378 and Тюрисаль (Tyurisal′) 1900. The linguist Lauri Kettunen compared the name Türisalu with the Ingrian place name Tyrö, which he considered to be primarily derived from a personal name, as well as the personal name Turo. In a footnote he also mentioned the Estonian words türa 'penis' (cf. 'hernia'), türi-lind 'little curlew', and türi-luu 'lower part of the spine', as well as the Finnish dialect words tyreikkö and tureikko 'thick forest, thicket' as possibly related.
See also Keila-Joa Airfield
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