Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#Ülemistejärve (0) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Ülemistejärve
See #Ülemiste and #Järve. NB: we’re at the end of the dictionary so it should be clear by now. The lake itself is a #placename and thus #nominative, #Ülemiste #Järv, while this is the #Sub-district and therefore #genitive, and, being
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Rõngasjärv (0)
Ring lake, due to its not quite circular shape with a not quite circular island in the middle. Name officialised in 2023 despite numerous votes for naming it after Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater, who – legend has it – used to skate around it, or for whom the ring was dug…
#Järv