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Leiva (Leib)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Bread. Named, 2014, for the HQ of #Leibur at No.1: Estonian bakery first documented in 1762 when its founder #JuliusValentin#Jaeksch bought a property on the corner of #Vaimu and #Lai. See also #Pagari.
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It includes the following #Asumid (Sub-districts): #Kadaka, #Mustamäe, #Siili and #Sääse. See #Nõmme.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Linnaosa #District
#Asum #SubDistrict
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#Raja (1. Raja; 2. Rada)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka
1) #Boundary, border; 2) #Path, walk, possibly derived from a path typically along the edge of a field. Both for its running along an N-S stretch of #Nõmme district. From #Russian #край (krai, an administrative division of
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#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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#Liimi (Liim)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Marja
#Glue, #gum. After the #TallinnaLiimitehas, Tallinn Glue Works, at No.4. Although other sources put it in #Kadaka tee 8.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Industry #Tööstus
#Construction #Ehitus
#Soone (Soon)
#Nõmme #Mustamäe #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka
#LittleSpring. Three similar acceptions: 1) (biological) vessel, vein or artery, the one more commonly used today; 2) (general) groove, slot; 3) (geological) lode, vein. Here, named after the winding brooklet or spring on the Nõmme-Mustamäe border
#Lossi (Loss)
Castle. 2 varieties:
1) #Vanalinn #Toompea
#tänav, after #Glehni N.v.’s residence #Hohenhaupt, at the western end of #Trepi. Renamed (1950-90) #Basseini during the #SovietOcccupation; &
2) #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka
#plats, between and around #Toompea castle and #AlexanderNevsky Cathedral.
#Kivikülvi (Kivikülv)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
Blockfield, aka #felsenmeer, boulder field or stone field. An area of land or sea covered by boulders or large rocks, thought to be the result of frost weathering. True to form, #Veskimetsa #kivikülv is about 600 m NW at ///cobble.status.hope.
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#Raja (Raja)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka #Mustamäe
1) Boundary, border; 2) Path, walk.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Topography #Topograafia
#Ehitajate (Ehitajad [pl.])
Builders, constructors. Also shipwrights. (Sing.: Ehitaja). Named in honor of the workers building housing in Mustamäe.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Haabersti #Nõmme #Kadaka #VäikeÕismäe #Veskimetsa #VanaMustamäe
#SovietSocialists #NõukogudeSotsialistid
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#Kivinuka (Kivinukk): Stone/Stony corner (or paddock, see #Tuulenurga), or why not ‘nook’, next to a wood of the same name attached to a former poolmõis (see Mõisa) first recorded as Ges. Kiwwiauk (1798, lit. ‘stone hole’ dependency) and thence,
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Geology #Geoloogia
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#Mäepealse (Mäepealne)
Lit. on top of the mountain/hill. Runs next to Mäealuse above which, at its highest point, it is about 10 m higher. That’s a fair hill. The -pealse ending strongly suggests a ridgeway in either its historic meaning of highest but
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
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#Tammsaare A.H. (Anton Hansen Tammsaare, 1878-1940)
One of the best-known #Estonian novelists, author of the 5-volume masterpiece, #TõdeJaÕigus (Truth and Justice, 1926-1933)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kristiine #Kesklinn #Kadaka #Sääse #Siili #Tondi #Järve #Kitseküla
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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
#Laki (Lakk)
Lacquer, varnish. Named after former factory (see #Värvi). Also (dated?) name for broad-brimmed hat.
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Haabersti #Lilleküla #Marja #Mustjõe #Kadaka
#Industry #Tööstus
#Mäealuse (Mäealus)
Foot of the mountain, bottom of the hill. Here, the latter. Runs alongside and below #Mäepealse. See also #Mäe.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#AlpineStreets #Mägitänavad
#Joostimäe (Joostimägi)
Where one learns that the #street is named after the adjoining hill called #Joostimägi, without being apprised as to why the hill earned its name. It could be after the forename #Joost, #Estonian for Justus, but one never knows.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Mountains #Mäed
Iva (Iva)
Grain, corn, morsel – Ma ei ole täna iva hamba alla saanud, one of the multitude of permutations for: I haven’t had a bite to eat all day.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Food #Toit
Trivia you just needed to know:
IVA is Spanish for VAT (impuesto al valor agregado)
#Lehtri (Lehter)
More technically, #karstilehter: sinkhole, swallow hole, swallet. See #Häilu.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Erratics #Rändrahnud
#Rabaküla (Rabaküla)
Boggy or marshy village, or village by the bog or marsh.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Heli (Heli)
Sound, note. Why that name here? The Estonian Road Administration has offices at No.6, so perhaps the honking of cars?
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Nõmme #Kadaka #VanaMustamäe
#Pilvetee (Pilvetee)
Former farm name, lit. cloud-road. Pilvetee tee, cloud-way way, no longer exists (formerly 50 m NE of this), but luckily Pilvetee tänav, cloud-way road, does...
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Weather #Ilm
#Karsti (Karst)
Karst. Thus named due to the existence of #karst. (While you’re here, check out the #Kostivere Karst Area, or Kostivere karstiala, you see how easy #Estonian is? It’s only X+23.2 km from where you are now.)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Geology #Geoloogia
#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
#Kassi (Kass)
Cat. After local farm of that name.
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Farms #Talud
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
#Karjavälja (Karjaväli)
Farm name. Lit. cattle field, cow pasture, etc. Another street of same name used to exist about 1.5 km to the west. See #Välja.
#Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Farms #Talud
#Pöörise (Pööris)
Whirl, eddy, vortex. Appropriately-named convolution between #Pilvetee and #Akadeemia.
#NewStreets #UueTänavad
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
Info: will be adding #Linnaosad & #Asumid for a while to see if it's of any interest.
