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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#JohanAndreasStrohm (1744-89) is recorded as owning an inn at #Tatari 1 in 1786, as well as 4 others in the suburbs. I’m not saying they were related, but I’m not saying they weren’t...
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#Geography #Geograafia
#Maritime #Merendus
#Leisure #VabaAeg
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a #Sub-district name, does not seem to even have a #nominative (see #Nõmme).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Water #Vesi
#Geography #Geograafia
#Topography #Topograafia
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#Kose (Kosk) #Asum
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose #Lükati
#Waterfall, rapids, after the same on a bend on the #Pirita river.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#River #Jõgi
#Water #Vesi
#Jõesaare (Jõesaar)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Väo
Lit. ‘river island’. New street leading to what may actually be an island on the #Pirita river (or not).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#River #Jõgi
#Water #Vesi
#Oru (Org)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
#Valley. See #Kadrioru.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Water #Vesi
#Raba (Raba)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Bog, swamp, fen. At the end of this street is the famous Pääsküla landfill, or #prügimägi, garbage mountain, as it’s called with such poetic grace and delicacy.
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Marsh #Soo
#Water #Vesi
probably just ‘lowland’, and not an embarassing diplomatic error. See also #Lüüsi and #Poldri.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Water #Vesi
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#Sooviku (Soovik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe
#Swampy meadow, extremely wet land.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Marsh #Soo
#Water #Vesi
#Rabaveere (Rabaveer)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Edge of the swamp. The swamp in question being the #Harku marsh.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Marsh #Soo
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Mustjõe (Mustjõgi) #Asum
#Black #river (see #Mustjõgi). Street formerly known as Sarlotte, #Scharlottentali, Scharlottentaler, Шарлоттентальская ул until 1939; district previously named after Charlottentali #mõis (manor house) in #Haabersti.
#Geography #Geograafia
#River #Jõgi
#ManorHouse
Kosemetsa (Kosemets)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose #Lükati
#Woods by the (or with) #waterfall.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Nature #Loodus
#Forest #Mets
#Water #Vesi
#Lahepea (Lahepea)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Merimetsa
Over/On top of the bight, gulf, cove, inlet (Bight heights?...). After former village on the #Kopli bay. Nothernmost section the #Kõrgepinge bicycle- and foot-path. See #Lahe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geography #Geograafia
#Mäevälja (Mäeväli)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mäeküla
Hill fields. See #Välja, but see also #Mäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Liivaranna (Liivarand)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Sandy beach, sandy shore. Bordering the Kakumäe laht (bay).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Geography #Geograafia
#Water #Vesi
#Merelahe (Merelaht)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Merimetsa
#Bay, gulf, cove... The one in question being the #KopliLaht.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Water #Vesi
#Kuru (Kuru)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Pass, gorge, defile, flume, couloir, gulch, etc.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Jõesuu (Jõesuu)
#Tallinn #Pirita
River mouth, estuary, embouchure; that of Pirita river.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#River #Jõgi
#Water #Vesi
If you know of any god that ever made a rational decision, you tell me. For reasons of ecology, planes are not allowed to fly over the lake. For other reasons, they do.
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#Geography #Geograafia
#Folklore #Folkloor
#Ecology #Ökoloogia
#Water #Vesi
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about, rather than this. Another meaning, usually in the plural, #rajad, refers to very simple oval-shaped #snowshoes or #rackets made of wicker and cord for walking on snow or marshes.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geography #Geograafia
#History #Ajalugu
#Folklife #Rahvaelu
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#Madala (Madal)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelguranna
#Shoal, #shallow. Renamed (1963-1995) as #Nekrassovi N. during the #SovietOccupation.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Water #Vesi
Loopealse (Loopealne) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse
#Grassland ridgeway? See #Loo and #Mäepealse.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Muhu (Muhu)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku
#Island between mainland #Estonia and #Saaremaa. Also #muhk:muhu, bump, swelling (#chilblains are #külmamuhud) and, for those who still remember them, bubonic boil. Part of an Estonian island group, see #Saaremaa.
#Geography #Geograafia
#Island #Saar
#Liivamadala (Liivamadal)
#Sandy #shallows.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Sand #Liiv
#Merelahe (Merelaht)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Merimetsa
#Bay, gulf, cove...
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Topography #Topograafia
#Läänemere (Läänemeri)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku #Priisle
The #BalticSea. Lit. #WesternSea. Interestingly, the #Finns call it #Itämeri or #EastSea, but they based the name on the #Östersjön of #Swedish (their rulers until 1809) for whom it is the East Sea.
#Geography #Geograafia
Kallaste (Kaldad [pl.])
(Sing.: kallas) Shores, coasts, banks.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Padu (Padu)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe
#Low, wet place or #waterlogged ground. Parallel to #Vete.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
