Settlements recorded as far back as the #BronzeAge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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the annual July #ViljandiFolkMusic Festival. Local settlements date back to ± 5000 BCE. Nearby #Võrtsjärv (lake) is the largest natural eel breeding location in #Europe.
Note: If Tartu residents may be called #Tartoons, can we not call those from #Viljandi #Fellows?
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
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#monk, there were also one or more nearby villages called #Muka or #Muki, becoming #Muga in 1798… #Muuk:muuga also means tongue-tied, clumsy. Proceed with #caution. History very uncertain.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#History #Ajalugu
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#Theo, via #Tehu, from an abbreviation of #Stefanus, and #Marte, prob. from #Martinus. #SovietOccupation renaming (1979-1995) of #Vilisuu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#World_War_II #II_MaailmaSõda
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
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#Uuslinn (0) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe
#Newtown. See #Vanalinn. Note nominative form for District name as opposed to street, below. But see #Tõnismäe / #Tõnismägi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#MäheKaasiku (Mähe-Kaasik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja #Kaasiku
Mähe Birch grove. Close to former village named #Kaasiku.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
in nearby Jõelähtme (see #Kangru). Peat bog and site of #fossil fields dating back to mid #BronzeAge (14-11th C BCE). And street on other side of the road from #Tallinn. Oops.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
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