#Lääne (Lääs)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
#West, western, westerly. Also vest among sailors. See also #Läänekaare.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
Kagu (Kagu)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe #Pääsküla
South-east, south-eastern, south-easterly. Also #süüdoost or #süüdost among sailors. See also #Edela.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Ida (Ida)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
East, eastern, easterly. Also #oost or "ost among sailors. See also #Idakaare. Related to #idanema, to sprout or germinate, or to the #Khanty prefix et-, to appear, rise or advance. See particularly #Edela and #Loode.
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Kirde (Kirre)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
North-east, north-easterly. Also #noordoost or #nordost among sailors. See also #Kagu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Compass #Kompass
Known briefly as #Auna from 1940-1941. See also #Ida. With typical #Tallinn aplomb, street pointing due south-east (except for one 36.44 m stretch which does, admittedly, point south). But see #Loode, which may explain everything. Or not.
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
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