#Räägu (Rääk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni #Linnu
Aka #rukkirääk, corn crake or #corncrake, #CrexCrex. Breeds in #Estonia. Where #Roman or #English corncrakes go crex crex, #Estonian ones have to borrow the vulgar anatine #prääks. Grossly unfair: all they had to do is change one
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#Tildri (Tilder)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Redshank, #greenshank, #sandpiper. Breeding in #Estonia: #hallkibu aka #kibutilder, terek sandpiper, #XenusCinereus; #heletilder, common greenshank, #TringaNebularia; #lammitilder, marsh sandpiper, #TStagnatilis;
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#Löwenruh’ (0)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
The sorry equivalent, if not archetype, of “#Dunroamin’”, roughly translating as #TheLionsRest. Park in Lilleküla named after the summer estate of #BaronFriedrichVonLöwen (1654-1744), #Governor of Tallinn, 1728-36.
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
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#DE #Germany #Navy #Dornier228 checking out traffic in #BalticSea including #tanker #Mooni IMO 9270488 #IMO9270488 inbound #ForOrders
VesselAlert
Name: MOONI
MMSI: 304040000
Callsign: V2YH3
Type: Tanker
Flag: Antigua Barbuda
Seen: 11-Nov-2025 20:25:25 CET
Status: under way using engine
Speed: 13.6 kts
Heading: 33 deg
Dest.: EETLL
Distance: 86.1 nm
Signal RSSI: -15.4 dBFS
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#Sõpruse (Sõprus)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni #Sääse #Siili
#Friendship. Of the various #Soviet enforcements (replacing #Endla in 1958), this one seems to have stuck. It wasn’t all bad.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Sovietisation #Sovetiseerimine
#Kuldnoka (Kuldnokk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Starling. Both the #kuldnokk, common starling, #SturnusVulgaris and #RoosaKuldnokk, rosy starling, #SRoseus breed in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Kulli.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
#Kirsi (Kirss)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Cherry. Name ultimately derives from an ancient #Turkish city/peninsula whence the first cherries were exported, known to the #Greeks as #Κερασοῦς (Kerasous), hence #French cerise, #German Kirsche, etc., (the same principle gave us #currants
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#Kaarna (Kaaren)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Aka #ronga, the common #raven, #CorvusCorax. Breeds in #Estonia. *Kaaren ei noki kaarna silma*, lit. a raven doesn’t peck a raven’s eyes, i.e. there’s honor amongst thieves and if anyone could provide me with actual proof of this
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#Linnu (Lind) #Allasum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
#Bird, fowl, poultry – linnu viisil elama: to live from hand to mouth; lit. to live in the way of a bird. Joined together, Linnu tee becomes #Linnutee, the #MilkyWay, sometimes known as #Piimatee (Milk Road), in Vigala
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#Kuldnoka (Kuldnokk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Starling. Both the kuldnokk, common starling, #SturnusVulgaris and roosa-kuldnokk, rosy starling, #SRoseus breed in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla #bird-name group of streets. See also #Kulli.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Linnud
#Koskla (Koskel)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
#Sawbill, large ducks with serrated bill for catching fish: jääkoskel, common #goosander, gulaund or goosander, #MergusMerganser; kübarkoskel, hooded merganser, #LophodytesCucullatus; rohukoskel, red-breasted merganser, #MSerrator;
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#Metsise (Metsis)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Usual name for western #capercaillie, #TetraoUrogallus. Breeds in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Mõtuse.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
#Sõpruse (Sõprus)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Linnu #Lilleküla #Mooni #Sääse #Siili #Mustamäe
#Friendship. Of the various #Soviet enforcements (replacing #Endla in 1958), this one seems to have stuck. It wasn’t all bad.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Mooni (Moon) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Lille #Mooni #Sääse
#Poppy. At least ten genera of plants produce poppies, but the one referred to is probably the good old #opium poppy, #PapaverSomniferum, whose seeds are used in many a fine #Estonian cake. See #Tulbi.
#Plants #Taimed
#Kure (Kurg)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Crane and #stork. Four species breeding in #Estonia: must-toonekurg, black stork, #CiconiaNigra; neitsikurg, demoiselle crane, #GrusVirgo; sookurg, common crane, #GGrus and valge-toonekurg, white stork, #CCiconia. The two #toonekurgs enjoy
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#Vuti (Vutt)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Aka põldvutt, #quail or common quail, #CoturnixCoturnix. Breeds in #Estonia. #Anagram of #Tuvi. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Västriku.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Birds #Linnud
#Ronga (Ronk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Also known as #Kaaren (see #Kaarna), the common #raven, or just plain raven, or #corbie, Corvus corax. Name of Baltic-Finnish origin, cognate of #Livonian #kronk and related to both #LivviKarelian #kronkuttua and #Lithuanian #krankti, to croak.
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#Mooni slowly proceeding towards #Togo #Lome
#StiSymphony has left #Togo #Lome and preceeding southwards. Dest "armed guards on board" 🤷♂️
#DrIreneTsakos on its way from #Cotenou #Benis to #EU #Europe #Amsterdam #NL #Netherlands
So guess #Russia still has success on selling cargo on facebook...
#Meleka (Melekas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Alternative name for #õõnetuvi, stock dove or pigeon, Columba oenas (see #Tuvi). Other names include: hall utt, hutt, huut-ütt, hütt, kuugitaja, kuutaja, kähklane, kühklane, küüklane, laanetuvi, lõigas, meelekas, meelikas, mehik(as),
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#Mooni #IMO9270488 had a #PortStateControl #PSC at #Skaw #Skagen #Denmark 01.04.2025 under #ParisMOU regime with 10 deficiencies.
Last port #UstLuga #Russia
Now drifting off #Africa.
Cargo for sale on facebook...
FacebookMarketplace for shady / sketchy oil
#StiSymphony #IMO9719692
#Mooni #IMO9270488
#DrIreneSakos #IMO9993755
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#Sõstramäe (Sõstramägi) #Allasum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Former farm name: lit. currant homestead (see #Mäe for discussion).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
#Kurepõllu (Kurepõld) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kurepõllu
Crane’s field. This Sub-district’s name, formerly known as #Turba and 11. #LasnamäeMikrorajoon, was assembled from two streets, neither of which now exist. Since one #Kure was baptized in #Mooni on Valentine’s day 1958, Its #Kurepõllu
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#Mõtuse (Mõtus)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Alternative name of the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (see #Metsise). Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Mänsaku.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Birds #Linnud
#Haigru (Haigur)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Heron or egret. Five species known to breed in #Estonia: #hallhaigur, grey heron, Ardea cinerea; #hõbehaigur, great egret, Casmerodius albus; #purpurhaigur, purple heron, A. purpurea; #siidhaigur, little egret, Egretta garzetta and
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#Nirgi (Nirk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Mooni #Sääse
#Weasel, Mustela nivalis. As they say: #Eagles soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. See #Kitzbergi A.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Mammals #Imetajad
#Hiie (Hiis)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
Grove, sacred grove, sacred spot in general: stone, tree, hill, spring. There seems to be a line going across the country with sacred groves, #hiied, being slightly more common in the northern half. Street named after some extremely old trees
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