as writing substrate (see #Tohu), #Germanic languages ‘book’ comes from #ProtoGermanic *bōk(ō)-, from *bokiz (beech) and #Italic languages ‘liber’ from #Latin #librum, the inner bark of trees.
#Literature #Kirjandus
#Education #Haridust
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
#Ethnology #Etnoloogia
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#Üliõpilaste (Üliõpilased [pl.])
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Mustamäe #VanaMustamäe
#UniversityStudents (Sing.: #Üliõpilane), for bordering on land belonging to #TallinnaTehnikaülikool or Tallinn School of Technology, now more commonly/affectionately called TalTech.
#Education #Haridust
Name changed to #TallinnaKonstantinPätsiVabaõhukool in 1994. See #Vabaõhukooli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust
#Health #Tervis
#Hospital #Haigla
#Lasteaia (Lasteaid)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Kindergarten, nursery or infants’ school. #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1991) of #Magdaleena.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust
#Rahvakooli (Rahvakool)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#State primary or elementary #school. Naming pretty much identical to that of its immediate neighbor #Metsakooli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust
its 1972 name of #NikolaiGümnaasium.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust
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Õpetajate (Õpetajad [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Veerenni
Teachers (Sing.: Õpetaja). Named after a former teachers’ housing association.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#Education #Haridust
#Culture #Kultuur
Miscellaneous buildings old and new on a rainy day in Kuhlbarsi, Tallinn.
Student hall of residence in Kuhlbarsi, Tallinn.
Modernized apartment building in Kuhlbarsi, Tallinn.
Flagstaff holder in Kuhlbarsi, Tallinn, unusual for its manufacture in two different metals, one rust-free stainless steel, the other... not.
Part responsible for various ‘mythological’ interpretations of #Estonia’s past.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#Education #Haridust
#Poetry #Luule
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Keemia.
View along Keemia, Tallinn, from the Endla direction.
Elderly wooden house in Keemia, Tallinn.
Side path off Keemia, Tallinn, with mini-allotments.
#Keemia (Keemia)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Chemistry.
#Science #Teadus
#Technology #Tehnoloogia
#Education #Haridust
#Engineering #Tehnika
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Raua põik.
View along Raua põik, Tallinn, in the southern direction.
Side view of Tallinn School No. 21 from Raua põik, Tallinn
Apartment block at the end of Raua põik, Tallinn.
#Raua (põik) (Raud) #Asum
Not much going on here, with just a couple of blocks of flats on on side, but 'saved' by the presence of the mountainous Tallinn School No. 21 (Tallinna 21. Kool ) at Raua tänav 6, considered to be one of Tallinn's elite schools.
#Education #Haridust
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Toom-Kooli.
View along Toom-Kooli, Tallinn, in the northern direction.
View through an archway of mid-2nd-millennium buildings and cobblestone courtyard in Toom-Kooli, Tallinn.
Old limestone slab wall, with lawn and solitary iris in Toom-Kooli, Tallinn.
#Toom-Kooli (Toom-Kool)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Cathedral School, school founded in 1319.
#Religion #Religioon
#ReligiousInstitutions #UsulisedInstitutsioonid
#Education #Haridust
Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Õpetajate on it, showing some of the crap (in this case, graffiti tags) they have to put up with.
View towards Herne street along Õpetajate, Tallinn.
View towards Oa street along Õpetajate, Tallinn.
#Õpetajate (Õpetajad [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Veerenni
Teachers (Sing.: Õpetaja). Named after a former teachers’ housing association.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust
Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Kentmanni on it.
#Kentmanni (Wilhelm Gottfried Kentmann, ca.1800-ca.1874)
#Kesklinn #Tatari #Sibulaküla #Südalinn
Pedagogue and headmaster of a charity school for poor children (Luthers Armenschule, funded by Christian Luther) from 1830-1874 (attended by
#Education #Haridust
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Teaduspargi (Teaduspark)
Science park or cluster. The park in question being the Tallinn Technology Park, #TallinnaTehnoloogiapark.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Education #Haridust
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Akadeemia (Akadeemia)
Academy, after the #EestiTeadusteAkadeemia (ETA), or Estonian Academy of Sciences, of checkered history, and student accommodation. The ETA is now at #Kohtu 6.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Education #Haridust
