#Smuuli J. (Juhan Smuul, 1922-1971)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Paevälja #Pae #Kurepõllu
Known by his Germanic name Johannes Schmuul until 1954. People’s Writer and winner of the Stalin Prize (1952) and Lenin Prize (1961). The Estonian...
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#Saarepiiga (Saarepiiga)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
In common parlance #Saaremaa or island girl: #piga is a dated term for girl, (serving-)maid in #Swedish, although this one was probably the #IsleMaiden that #Kalevipoeg, ever the gentleman, frightened into drowning herself in Canto IV.
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#Vilisuu (Vilisuu)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Lit. #WhistleMouth. Differing explanations: 1) Rarely-used bogey-man type threat for children: Ära mine õue, vilisuu tuleb!, Don’t go out, Vilisuu will get you! (lit. is coming). #Folklore character related to other #Estonian wind spirits, such as
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#Oktoobri (Oktoober)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#October: a nice month... and a nice wide road for any number of tanks to thunder in from the east... Road steamrollered across #Lasnamäe under #Soviet influence as #OktoobriProspekt (parkway or avenue) in 1977, becoming #Laagna in 1992.
#Sovietisation
#Loitsu (Loits)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
#Spell, charm, incantation. Renamed (1979-1994) as #Oki F. during the #SovietOccupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Lummu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid
#FolkCulture #RahvaKultuur
#Võru (Võru)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
#Town, #region and #dialect in south-eastern #Estonia. Although võru also means ring, band, hoop or collar, that is unlikely to be the origin of this street name. See discusion of Võru under #ViruVärav.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Virbi (Virp)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
A word denoting something like #witchcraft, but of the malevolent sort. Synonym of #nõidus, malefice, wicked enchantment, etc. #Virvatuli is an #IgnusFatuus or will-o’-the-wisp, #vilbus is an old name for a #ghost, and #virp:virbi is also a #Setu word for
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#Punane (Adj.)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Pae #Ülemiste #Sõjamäe #Laagna
#Red. The red in question has nothing to do with #blood, #communism or other such nasties but the color of the nearby one-time #PunaneMajakas, or red #lighthouse (the road used to run further west but this part was
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#Pikri (Pikker)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Also spelled #Piker, lit. the ‘long one’ (Slender Man?). #Mythological personification of thunder, aka #Pikne, etc., probably related to #Perkūnas of the Lithuanians (see #Pikse). Renamed (1979-1995) as #Pasternaki M. during the late #SovietOccupation).
#Koorti J. (Jaan Koort, 1883-1935)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
#JugendstilSculptor, painter and ceramicist. Began studies at #Stieglitz school of art, #StPetersburg, then #Paris École des Beaux-Arts, influenced by #Bourdelle. Sculpture of him in #Kadrioru, near the palace, and by him in #Kitseaed.
#Pinna P. (Paul Pinna, 1884-1949)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Full name Paul Otto Hermann Pinna. Estonian actor and cult figure so famous he even had a brand of cigarettes named after him.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#Varraku (Varrak)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Tondiraba
1) Character from the #Kalevipoeg: the #Lappish sage who agrees to take Kalevipoeg to the end of the world. 2) The #Viking traders, pirates, mercenaries (to 11th/13th C #Kievan and #Novgorodian princes among others), known mainly as body-
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for the limestone mined in the former #Lõunamurd quarry (lit. south quarry) south of #Laagna tee. See also its younger counterpart #Muldvalge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Limestone #Lubjavivi
#Flagstone #Paekivi #Paas
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#Lummu (Lumm)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Charm, spell, bewitchment, glamour. Renamed (1979-1994/5), along with #Kahu, as #Pusta_A. during the Soviet occupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Pikri.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#FolkReligion #Rahvausund
#Liikuri (Liikur)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kurepõllu #Laagna #Paevälja #Loopealse
Vehicle. Derived, one is requested to believe, from the verb #liikuma, to betake or stir oneself. Known until 1989 as #Reindorffi G.. Road still, apparently , under development. Naming history uncertain.
#Cars #Autod
#Arbu (Arp)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Word with twofold, connected meaning: lot (i.e. something drawn at random) and magic, contrivance. In #Saaremaa and probably other areas too, when common land was shared among villagers, the plots were distributed by lots (cf. alloting, allotment).
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#Härma M. (Miina Härma [Hermann], 1864-1941)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Music teacher, organist, prolific composer (over 200 choral songs, 10 cavatinas, a canto, Kalev and Linda and more), choral and orchestral conductor. Received initial musical education from #Hermanni K.A. (no relation).
#Anni (And)
Gift, present, talent, endowment. The gift here apparently was sacrificial... Renamed (1979-1994/5) as #Kullmani L. during the #SovietOccupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Arbu.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Today is Estonia's #emakeelepäev, or national language day.
Although it's not my language (at all), one of my favorite words is #rahin (see 2/3)
As in:
Kahu (Kahu)
Son of Pakase, which perhaps makes him young and cool... Kahk:kahu means slight rustle, whisper.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
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