Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

10 months ago

#Basseini (Bassein)
Bath, baths, after the #Mustamäe swimming-pool... #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1990) of #Lossi.
#NonExistentStreets #OlematudTänavad
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

11 months ago

(*perkwus is #PIE for oak [cf. #Latin #quercus], fir or ‘wooded mountain’, and also signifying toughness or strength); today, a thunderstorm, more commonly known as #äike. Non-existent street (or woodland path?) next to #Välgu, another non-existent street...
#NonExistentStreets #OlematudTänavad
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