Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

5 months ago

#MäheKaasiku (Mähe-Kaasik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja #Kaasiku
Mähe Birch grove. Close to former village named #Kaasiku.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

5 months ago

#Variku (Varik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Kaasiku
#Brushwood, dense shrubbery.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

5 months ago

#Merivälja (Meriväli) #Asum
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Kaasiku #Merivälja
Open land by the sea, seaview plains/field, etc. See #Välja. The #MeriväljaHiidrahn erratic is at ///bagels.perfume.resolve.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Erratic #Rändrahn

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

9 months ago

#Kaasiku (Kaasik): #Allasum
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
1) Birch wood, forest or grove; 2) Singer of old folk songs at weddings (archaic). #Ward formerly the village. Rumor has it that a bus-stop of this name on #Merivälja used to be known as #Junnküla, pooh village – see #Teeääre.