Map from the visitestonia.com website showing a brder between ö-speakers and õ-speakers running more or less north-south across the eastern section of the island.

Large, white-painted metal sculpture of a letter O with a representation of the two letters' accents atop, ö and õ, photo taken from the visitestonia.com website.

#Saaremaa (Saaremaa)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku
Saaremaa, #Estonia’s largest island, emerging from the #BalticIceLake about 12,000 years ago, still...
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Narva A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names

#Narva (Narva)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
Town on #Russian border. Earliest records of present name...
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#Vormsi (Vormsi)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku
Fourth largest #island in #Estonia, between #Hiiumaa and mainland. Along with neighboring mainland region of #Noarootsi (Sw. #Nuckö, poss. from Est. #nukk:nuka, point/tip, i.e. cape, of which there are many), historical colonial homeland to #Swedes
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#Linnamäe (Linnamägi)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku #Priisle
#Hillfort. Named for pointing towards the #Iru hillfort, a #BronzeAge settlement dating back some 4000-5000 years and suggested to be #Kalevipoeg’s birthplace.

#Archaeology #Arheoloogia
#Prehistory #Eelajalugu
#Mythology #Mütoloogia

#Muhu (Muhu)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku
#Island between mainland #Estonia and #Saaremaa. Also #muhk:muhu, bump, swelling (#chilblains are #külmamuhud) and, for those who still remember them, bubonic boil. Part of an Estonian island group, see #Saaremaa.

#Geography #Geograafia
#Island #Saar

#Kuristiku (Kuristik) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
#Gorge, gulch, gully, ravine, precipice. See #Hundikuristiku. Settlements recorded as far back as the #BronzeAge. Four of the Sub-district’s roads are named after Estonian islands: #Kihnu, #Muhu, #Saaremaa & #Vormsi.

#Geology #Geoloogia

#Läänemere (Läänemeri)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku #Priisle
The #BalticSea. Lit. #WesternSea. Interestingly, the #Finns call it #Itämeri or #EastSea, but they based the name on the #Östersjön of #Swedish (their rulers until 1809) for whom it is the East Sea.

#Geography #Geograafia

#Mustakivi (Mustakivi) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Mustakivi #Kuristiku #Katleri #Tondiraba
#BlackStone. Named after a nearby farm itself said to be named after an earlier cult stone. Mustakivi is one of #Estonia’s erratic boulders, see #Rändrahnu, located at ///stop.hamster.glorious.
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#Kihnu (Kihnu):
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku
Island about 10 km off the coast of #Pärnu (town, not street), western #Estonia: pop.: ±560, 16.4 km². Part of an Estonian island group, see #Muhu. Trivia: Kihnu is the only island on the planet spelled 'Kihnu'. 😜
#Geography #Geograafia
#Island #Saar

Narva (Narva)
Town on Russian border. Earliest records of present name (as Narvsche Straße, Нарвская ул, etc.) date back to 1872, before which
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
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#Tasuja (Tasuja): The Avenger, published 1880.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku #Mustakivi #Priisle #Seli

1. Odd, Tallinn has no street name celebrating 24/02, Estonian Independence Day, proclaimed in 1918.
2. Question, is there - or should there be - #Ukrainian #translation of this book?

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