formed, although extensively sandy on the eastern coast of #PaljassaareLaht (bay). Lastly, since tectonic activity continues (see #Liiva) and the #peninsula is surging upwards at the exhausting rate of approx. 2.4 mm per year (but perhaps confounded by the corresponding rise in sea level of
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Johannes Hint testing the strength of Silicalcite. Photo depitcts Hint standing next to a compression measuring-device as he looks at a roughly 20-cm² block of silicate concrete.
#Silikaltsiidi (Silikaltsiit)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku #Liiva
#Silicalcite, aka silicate concrete, a building-material more commonly known as #Laprex, invented and manufactured by #JohannesHint (brother of #AaduHint, see #Vesse),...
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#Ratta (Ratas)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Wheel. Parallel to #Rulli. Probably loaned from #Lithuanian #ratas (before the arrival of #German #Rad), and fairly widespread across #FU languages, this is quite an ancient loan.The plural, in Est. as well as Latv., Lith., Finn. and other FU languages is
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#Viljandi (Viljandi)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kesklinn #Liiva #Kitseküla #Raudalu
Town in southern #Estonia first mentioned in 1283, although hill-fort mentioned by #AlIdrisi in 1154. Formerly known as #Fellinn, or #Velyad or #Velnevik. Major fortification of the #Hanseatic #LivonianOrder, today home to
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#Pohla (Pohl)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Aka #harilikPohl (harilik = common), other names include #paluk (± that which grows in heathy pine woodland), #poolamari (Polish berry), #kuradimari (devil berry). This is the #cowberry, #lingonberry and sometimes aka red whortleberry, #VacciniumVitisIdaea,
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Liivalaia (Liivalai)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tatari #Veerenni #Sibulaküla #Keldrimäe #Maakri
#SandyExpanse, avenue, channel... Named after local sand flats, see #Liiva. Nice muddle this one: Renamed (1944-92?) as #Kingissepa V. during the #SovietOccupation (at one stage of its evolutionary mutation
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#Värava (Värav)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Gate, gateway. Odd, name stated as random, but in between two fungi #Riisika and #Puraviku on its E half, and next to #Kaitse on its W half, random I think not. Given the nearby #Liiva station was a junction for #PeterTheGreat’s #NavalFortress Railway,
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#Saeveski (Saeveski)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-1963) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-1958), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#Construction #Ehitus
#Industry #Tööstus
#Odonüümia
#Puraviku (Puravik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Edible #boletus mushroom.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Fungus #Seen
#Food #Toit
#Puusepa (Puusepp)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Carpenter, lit. a woodsmith (see #Sepa).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Trade #Kaubandus
#Liivametsa (Liivamets)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Sandy wood.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Forest #Mets
#Sand #Liiv
#Saeveski (Saeveski)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-63) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-58), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Industry #Tööstus
#Liivaluite (Liivaluide)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sand #dune, sand #drift.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Sand #Liiv
#Mahla (Mahl)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva #Männiku
#Juice, #sap. Former name #Roopa. Same railway, further away from town center.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Food #Toit
#Käbi (Käbi)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Cone (pine or otherwise, street parallel to #Orava). (Also #strobila, larval stage of jellyfish or segment of a tapeworm). Käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele, literally, the cone doesn’t fall far from the stump, usually rendered: a chip off the old block, but with,
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#Rulli (Rull)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Roll, #bobbin, reel, scroll. Parallel to #Ratta.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Textiles #Tekstiilid
#Tööstus #Industry
#Kalmistu (Kalmistu)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Cemetery, graveyard, burial ground, churchyard. #Kalm, a grave, spirit of a dead person, or ruler of the land of the dead in #Estonian mythography, may be related to #koolma, a very old FU word for to die, and not to die for.
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#Orava (Orav)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Squirrel.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Mammals #Imetajad
#Kaitse (Kaitse)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Protection, defense. Kaitse is also the genitive of #kaits which is a weir trap for catching fish but since the street was created in 1927 along with #Värava the first translation is probably the one it’s referring to.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Õnne (Õnn)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Luck, fortune, happiness – #PaljuÕnne: lit. much happiness: Congratulations! or Happy Birthday! Accordingly, full version of the latter being #PaljuÕnneSünnipäevaks. Name changed to #Selja during thse unhappy days of 1940-1941.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Pedaja (Pedajas)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Pine. Alternative name for #Männi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Trees #Puud
Jõhvika (Jõhvikas)
Cranberry, mossberry, probably #harilikjõhvikas, common or northern cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos or Oxycoccus palustris. Group of berry streets near the #Liiva #Kalmistu (cemetery). See #Karusmarja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Plants#Taimed
#Berries#Marjad
#Liivalao (Liivaladu)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Sand depot. Not too far from the sand and concrete materials group. See #Liiva.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusmaterjalid
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Männiku (Männik) #Asum
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Liiva #Männiku
Pine wood, pine grove. Street leads to corresponding Sub-district. This street is part of the #E67 from #Helsinki to #Prague.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Forests #Metsad
#Trees #Puud
#Uueristi (Uuerist)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva #Rahumäe
New cross. Renaming of the other half of #Risti on the north-west side of #Pärnu mnt.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#ReligiousInstitutions #UsulisedInstitutsioonid
#Religion #Religioon
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
#Folklore #Folkloor
#Leesika (Leesikas)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Group of berry streets near the #LiivaKalmistu (cemetery). See #Pihlaka.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Berries #Marjad
#Food #Toit
Approximate start of Pärnulõuka, Tallinn.
Halfway point of Pärnulõuka, Tallinn.
Nature-trail continuation of Pärnulõuka, Tallinn.
View of Pärnulõugas (bight or bay) in Paljassare laht (bay or bight) from Pärnulõuka, Tallinn.
#Pärnulõuka (Pärnulõugas): Pärnu Bight, the shoreline has advanced seawards (northwards) since well before the 19th C (see #Liiva), adding equal doses of real estate and confusion with #Pärnu Bight (#Pärnulõugas) either ‘inside’ or part of #Paljassaare Laht (see #Lahe)?
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Old building in Tuukri, Tallinn, still inhabited and going strong!
New development at the eastern end of Tuukri, Tallinn
Spotless kitchen interior of delicious bakery (tried and tested, cf. paunch for stars), La Tarte, on the corner of Tuukri and Filmi, Tallinn.
Wall in Tuukri, Tallinn. Could be better...
dug up about 200 m from the current shore, named #Viljo after the building-site manager, and dates back to later than 1487. See #Liiva for information on Estonia’s and Tallinn’s slow rise from the sea. See also #Pikksilma, where a similar find was made next to this.
#Archaeology #Arheoloogia
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