Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Tuule (Tuul)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
#Wind. Tallinn possessed, we regret to report, two Tuules from 1924 to 1959, one #tee, one #tänav. The latter was later converted to #Elektri.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Weather #Ilm

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Elektri (Elekter)
Electricity. Known briefly, 1959-1960, as #Iili, by which they probably mean a blast or gust (of wind) rather than clepsine, an outdated term for the glossiphonid or snail-leech. All the more so since its previous name was #Tuule.
#TallinnIndustry #TallinnaTööstus