Oja
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Oja may refer to:
Places
Oja is an Estonian
and Finnish
surname
(meaning brook
or ditch
).
Given name
Places
- Oja (river), river in La Rioja, Spain
- Öja (island)Öja (island)Öja is an island in the Gulf of Bothnia in Kokkola municipality, Finland. It has an area of . Öja is also the name of a settlement on the island with a population of 800....
, island in Kokkola region, Finland - Ōja StationŌja Stationis a railway station on the JR East Hachinohe Line located in the town of Hashikami, Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 25.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Hachinohe Line at Hachinohe Station.-History:...
, railway station in Hashikami, Japan - 5080 Oja5080 Oja5080 Oja is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1976 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at Kvistaberg. Named after the Swedish astronomer of Estonian descent Tarmo Oja.- External links :*...
, main-belt asteroid, named after Tarmo OjaTarmo OjaTarmo Oja is a professor in astronomy at Uppsala University who studies galactic structure and variable stars. An asteroid, 5080 Oja, is named after him. He worked at the Kvistaberg Observatory until his retirement in 1999...
People
SurnameOja is an Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
and Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
(meaning brook
Brook
-Places:*In the United Kingdom:**Brook, New Forest, Hampshire**Brook, Test Valley, Hampshire**Brook, Isle of Wight**Brook, Kent**Brook, Surrey**Brook, Carmarthenshire*In the United States:**Brook, Indiana-People:...
or ditch
Ditch
A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water.In Anglo-Saxon, the word dïc already existed and was pronounced 'deek' in northern England and 'deetch' in the south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank...
).
- Ahto Oja (born 1964), Estonian environmental protector
- Arno Oja (born 1950), Estonian journalist and literary critic
- Aulis Oja (1910–1976), Finnish historian
- Beaver Aitto-Oja (1950–1987), Finnish drummer
- Bruno OjaBruno O'YaBruno O'Ya was an Estonian-Polish actor. In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award nominated film The Deluge under Jerzy Hoffman.-References:...
(1933–2002 ;better known as Bruno O'Ya), Estonian-Polish actor - Dagmar OjaDagmar OjaDagmar Oja is an Estonian singer.She has graduated the Georg Ots Music School of Tallinn, and become known as a backing singer for different pop acts of Estonia, such as Anne Veski, Maarja-Liis Ilus, Eda-Ines Etti and Ithaka Maria....
(born 1981), Estonian singer - Erkki OjaErkki OjaErkki Oja is a Finnish computer scientist. He is a professor at the Department of Information and Computer Science at Aalto University School of Science and Technology, the director of the Adaptive Informatics Research Centre and chairman of the Academy of Finland's Research Council for Natural...
(born 1948), Finnish computer scientist - Kaisa Oja (born 1984), Estonian dancer
- Kimberly OjaKimberly OjaKimberly Oja is an American actress. She has appeared in TV series such as NCIS, Frasier, Beverly Hills, 90210, Two and a Half Men, Son of the Beach, The O.C. and as Ice in the Justice League of America film...
(born 1969), American actress - Hannu Oja, Finnish statistician
- Heikki Oja (born 1945), Finnish astronomer
- Matti Oja (1865–1934), Finnish politician
- Onni Oja (1909–2004), Finnish painter
- Patty OjaPatty OjaPatty Oja is a former model and actress best known for her appearance in the film, Eyes of Laura Mars. She also appeared in the film Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, in Redbook and Viva magazines, and on the cover of Mitchell Gray's The Lingerie Book .-External links:...
, American model and actress - Peeter Oja (born 1949), Estonian mathematician
- Peeter Oja (born 1960), Estonian actor and comedian
- Reimo Oja (born 1982), Estonian football player
- Rein Oja (born 1965), Estonian actor
- Sakeus Juuri-Oja (1906–1926), Finnish actor and playwright
- Tarmo OjaTarmo OjaTarmo Oja is a professor in astronomy at Uppsala University who studies galactic structure and variable stars. An asteroid, 5080 Oja, is named after him. He worked at the Kvistaberg Observatory until his retirement in 1999...
(born 1934), Swedish astronomer - Tõnu Oja (born 1955), Estonian ecologist
- Tõnu Oja (born 1958), Estonian actor
- Ursel Oja (born 1953), Estonian musical pedagogue
Given name
- Oja KodarOja KodarOja Kodar is a Croatian actress, screenwriter and director, best known as the girlfriend of Orson Welles for the last 24 years of his life.-Life:...
(born 1941), Croatian actress, screenwriter and director