counterpart through vernacular pronunciation of foreign words. Previously also called #HiiurootsiSaar, Swedish #Hiiumaa island. Part of an Estonian island group, see #Aegna.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Island #Saar
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Street representing one-sixth of the highways of #Aegna island. See also #Tagamaa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Harvest #Lõikus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
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Külaniidu (Külaniit)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Aegna
Village #meadow. Like Eng. ‘meadow’, #OldEng. #mæd and the verb ‘to mow’, which all derive from PIE *me-, to cut down grass or grain, #niit shares a similar relation with #niitma, to mow, scythe or shear, both implying grassland to be cut.
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#Lemmiku (Lemmik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Favorite, darling. Parallel to #Sõbra. There is another Lemmiku on #Aegna, but this time it’s #LemmikuNina, lit. #Darling (favorite) nose, or rather point, spit or headland. Street name with longest (?) anagram: #Kummeli.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Eerikneeme (Eerikneem)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Aegna
Eric’s Cape (point, headland, foreland) on Aegna island, site of one of #Estonia’s approximately 9 stone #labyrinths (approx. location ///apprehended.translators.revenge) built by #Swedish settlers from the early medieval ages to the 1700s, and
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Kurikneeme (Kurikneem)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Aegna
Kurik’s Cape (point, headland, foreland) on Aegna island. Just south (±150m) of the cape at the end of this road is what looks like a group of #erratic boulders with the very exotic name of #Kliuhkakari, and south of that (±300m) are
#Rändrahnud
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the largest (aka #SihiSuurkivi), in the #Lemmikukael (Lemmiku isthmus or tombolo) blockfield on #Aegna. See ///loft.drama.reshapes. For other erratic-themed locations, see #Võrgukivi.
#Erratics #Rändrahnud
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#Tagamaa (Tagamaa)
Hinterland, back country, heartland. Named after a settlement / village founded by Swedes in the north of #Naissaar and nicknamed #Tagaküla (or #Swedish #Bakbyn, both lit. ‘back’village, although ‘beyond’village may be more...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Aegna
#Geography #Geograafia
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Area on the southern rim of #Aegna island, bordering Karnepi kõrgendik, or Karnep Heights. See also #Kurikneeme.
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Karnapi (?)
Meaning unknown. Possible derivative of a (#Swedish?) person’s name? Perhaps a modification of #kanep:kanepi, hemp, #cannabis? A karn:karni is a butcher’s, but not sure where this could lead...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Aegna
#Unexplained #Seletamatu
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while #KNAB gives coordinates for a #Hallikivirand (beach) on #Aegna and there does look like a boulder at ///scenting.clinch.abbeys. But is it grey? To be confirmed. The things that keep you up at night!... See also #Kivi. For other erratic-themed locations, see #Kari.
#Erratics #Rändrahnud
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#Salme (Salm)
Seemingly derived from a maritime term for a deep, narrow strait or sound between two islands (see also #Väina). There is a Suur salm (great strait) in greater #Tallinn between the islands of #Aegna and #Kräsuli (from Swedish Gräsö, grass island).
#PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
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due to various indigenous and migrant speakers pronouncing it differently? Or simply preferring the more welcoming appellation of horse to wolf? Either way, the name took off, thru Äigna (17th C) Agnasaar (1724) and thence to its present name. #Aegna is considered part of #Tallinn,
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#Aegna (Aegna)
Street in #Priisle and Island/Sub-district off the coast of #Tallinn. Known as Wulf or Wulfö to the Germans, Аэгна or Вульфъ (see note on Russian spelling in intro) to the Russians (transliterating into Aegna or Vulf), and Ulffö (unusual with two f’s) to the Swedes.
#Lasnamäe
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#Kalavälja (Kalaväli)
Fishfield anybody?... Former farm name, many -välja endings indicate this. See #Välja. Maybe a place where fish were laid out to dry? Maybe simply the farming-family’s name with the -välja tag tacked on. Road close to the cliffs on #Aegna. See also #Karnapi.
#Farms #Talud
