#Otse (0)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mustjõe
#Direct, straight. A geometrical street-name group. See also #Sirge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Adjective #Omadussõna
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Keskuse (Keskus)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe
#Center. It being the street planned to be the center of the then new #Mustamäe district.
But given the naming of #Viru Keskus, #Kristiine Keskus, #Järve Keskus and so on, also ‘mall’.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Sirge (0)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mustjõe
Perpendicular, straight, upright, erect. Confusingly, the #genitive is identical to the #nominative but, like its peers #Nurklik and #Otse, it is an #adjective that describes the street. A geometrical street-name group. See #Joone.
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Kaare (Kaar)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
Arc, also curve, bow, bend, swath, compass point. The arc in question was the semi-circular road around the once-planned town hall of Nõmme. Anagram of #Kaera.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Looklev (Adj.)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe
Winding, serpentine, meandering. Said to be named after its appearance which, bar one kink and half a curve, is straight as a die and T-shaped.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Sirge (Sirge)
Perpendicular, straight, upright, erect. A geometrical street-name group. See #Joone.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mustjõe
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#Nurklik (Adj.)
Angular. A geometrical street-name group. See also #Otse.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mustjõe
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Vinkli (Vinkel)
Corner, angle (from German). Street for once delivering on its promise with a nice 90° angle.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Joone (Joon)
Line, stripe. Even geometricians get to name their streets. See also #Looga.
#Geometry #Geomeetria
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Looga (Look)
Arch, crook, also horse-bow or shaft-bow. A geometrical street-name group. See also #Nurklik.
#Geometry #Geomeetria
