● Country estate, manor. This one referring to former #Haabersti mõis across the road. #Mõisad come in various types, with meanings often overlapping (my grasp of the relevant subtleties being extremely limited, I strongly recommend visiting the highly informative #www.mois.ee):
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#Volmre (?)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Former #FarmName of obscure origin. A #Volbri / #Volmri once existed there, named after a farm dependency called #Wolmri (1913) which looks like a possible abbreviation of #Woldemar, but unsure. New road (decided 2019?) scheduled to replace a
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#Sagari (?)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Former farm name. Could be a #haymaking term, and perhaps related to or an alternative spelling of #sakard:#sakardi, the extracted stump and roots of a tree, which could either be tailored to make a #rake or #fork or, depending on size, could also
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#Vikimõisa (Vikimõis) #Allasum?
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva #Vikimõisa
Uncertain 2023 addition to Tallinn’s streets, currently in the planning stage, named after former manor house, itself named after whichever whim went through its benighted owners’ minds: ranging from #CramersHöfchen
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#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
#Põlde (Põllu [pl.])
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Former #FarmName. #Põlde is the #PartitivePlural (which I don’t really grasp, but see #Intro) of #põld, so ‘Some of the fields’? See #Põllu. But põld was sometimes used as a #metonym for ‘croft’ or other small-scale peasant farmholding.
#TaluNimi
#Lemle (Lemmel)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Vismeistri
#Duckweed, gibbous or otherwise, but in #Estonia probably common duckweed, #LemnaMinor. Other names include #konnaläätsed (frog lentils), #seauba (pig bean), #päevaseep (day soap), and, curiously, #tiigieile (pond last-nighter or yesterdayer),
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#Pauna (Paun)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Vismeistri
#Bag, #pouch, knapsack, or something pouch-shaped. New street (2019) in #Haabersti/#Vismeistri opposite #Põllumäe south of #Tiskre. Stiff competition for the name, beating, #käär:kääru (turn, curve or bend, or bounded loop of land or water),
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#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
#Landi (Lant)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
#TrollingSpoon (spinning-bait for catching pike, etc.) or lure. Older versions usually had fixed hooks, modern ones may have n sets of triple hooks. #Anagram of #Linda. Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also #Laose.
#FishingTackle #Kalastustarvete
#Pirni (Pirn)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Haabersti #Lilleküla #Marja #Mustjõe
1) #Pear; 2) #Lightbulb – Kellelegi pirni panema is to play a practical joke on someone, take someone for a ride, or make someone’s life miserable.
#Food #Toit
#Fruit #Puuviljad
#Energy #Energia
#Idiom #Idioom
Rajapere (Rajapere)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Name of former family, household, farm, probably one located on the edge/border of a village, manor house, etc. See #Raja for details.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#Ploomi (Ploom)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Plum, prune. One-time name of #Kiige (1940-1941), and another street in #Haabersti that was scratched in 2010.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Fruit #Puuviljad
#Food #Toit
#Mäevälja (Mäeväli)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Mäeküla
Hill fields. See #Välja, but see also #Mäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Keskküla (Keskküla)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Mid-village, middle of the village, village centre... Also name of (now) ruined manor house in #Läänemaa county. Former farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#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
#Teisepere (Teisepere)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Tiskre
#Neighbours / Next-door neighbours, lit. second or other family. May also be spelled teise pere or teispere aka teistre (although most people say #naaber these days: #idanaaber, for example, ‘eastern neighbor’, is another.
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#Veskimetsa (Veskimets) #Asum
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kristiine #Mustjõe #Lilleküla #Marja
#Mill woods, woods near/by the mill. Host to a a wind-themed group. See #Veskimäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Forest #Mets
#Kadaka (Kadakas) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Nõmme #Mustamäe #Pääsküla #VanaMustamäe #Hiiu #Kadaka #Lilleküla #Marja
#Juniper, name of 3 entities: a Sub-district built on an eponymous former manor house known as #Kaddak in the 18th C and belonging to #Haabersti (and the name of a village in
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#Lillevälja (Lilleväli)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Haabersti
Field of flowers. Former farm name. See #Välja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#Merekalju (Merekalju)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Õismäe
Sea boulder. Maybe this is what you call it when you’re not sure whether it’s an #erratic boulder (see #Rändrahnu) or one belonging to a #blockfield (see #Kivikülvi). For other erratic-themed locations, see #Mustakivi. Former farm name.
#Kivipere (Kivipere)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#Stone #homestead, probably an old farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
#Sõudebaasi (Sõudebaas)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva #Viki
#RowingBase. Road leading to same on #Harku järv (lake).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sport #Spordid
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Kaaruti (Kaarutus)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Turning over the hay, or #tedding, in olden days done with a rake, now with a mechanical #tedder, to #wuffle it up. And if you don’t just love those words there’s nothing I can do. Road built and paired with #Äkke.
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Rehe (Rehi)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Astangu
#DryingBarn or large room in old farmhouse where grain is kiln-dried and threshed. The ambient damp and methods used to keep it dry is said to have given Est. Hansa-period bread its distinctive and much-appreciated flavor. Name of former farm. See #Tare.
#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
#Astangu, #Haabersti, #Kakumäe, #Mustjõe, #Mäeküla, #Pikaliiva, #RoccaAlMare, #Tiskre, #Veskimetsa, #Vismeistri, #VäikeÕismäe and #Õismäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Haabersti (?) #Linnnaosa #Asum
#Tallinn #Haabersti
Manor house closish to Tallinn center, roughly on the site of the present-day zoo. First recorded in relation to a Tonnies Haberes / Habers / Habris / Habres of the former #Lahepea village a mile or so away, and apparently renamed in #German as
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#Kaladi (Kaladi)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Vismeistri
Gauge: slat of wood or bone used to ensure regular mesh-size in net-making. Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also #Kessi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FishingTackle #Kalastustarvete
