Liiva (Liiv) #Asum
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Sand, gravel. Sand. Having been a subliminal silicon layer of the country’s chthonic consciousness, it has been the alter ego of multiple highways and byways of Tallinn and...
#Vaigu (Vaik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Resin, pitch, gum.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Prii (Prii)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Free, gratis and for nothing. Two streets: one in #Nõmme, formerly #Kalju (1927-1959) and #Rahnu (1940-1941), from #rahn, boulder, block or megalith (see #Rändrahnu); the other in #Kalamaja no longer exists.
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#Lootuse (Lootus)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu #Nõmme #Männiku #Rahumäe
#Hope, #expectation. Doesn’t quite have the same ring as #Micawberism, or the same meaning as ‘lotus’ (#lootos:lootose), but still. Part of a metaphysical street-name group. See #Aate.
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#VäikeseIllimari (Väike Illimar)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
After the #eponymous hero of Väike Illimar, ühe lapsepõlve lugu (Little Illimar, a childhood tale), by #FriedebertTuglas (1886-1971) who lived at No.12 (then known as #Veere from Veer [see #Aedvere and #Veerenni], border, edge, brink),
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#Vahe (Vahe)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Interval, gap, middle, space in between; #difference: Ma ei oska siin vahet teha or Ma ei näe siin vahet: I can’t tell the difference. Name said to be random, but starts (or ends) on the border between #Nõmme and #Rahumäe Sub-districts. But see #Sihi.
#Kivi (Kivi)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Stone, #rock, #boulder. Judging by the large number of cognates (among other things) – kivi #Finnish, #Karelian, #Izhorian, #Olonets, Ludian & #Veps), tšivi (#Votic, for stone, flint, millstone...), ki’v (and variants, #Livonian), кӱ (#Mari),
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#Side (Side)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Communication, contact, liaison, or any sort of attachment: physical, emotional, mechanical.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Kommunikatsioon
#Muru (Muru)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Grass, #turf, sod, lawn. See #Auna.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Grass #Rohu
#Kurni (Kurn)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Game involving six wooden pins to be knocked down by a #cudgel, more often or accurately the pin itself. Played by #Kalevipoeg as a child. #Russian game of #Gorodki, #Городки, lit.: ‘townlets’ . Part of a mini game-name area. See #Mängu.
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Kõrge (Kõrge)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#High, #tall. Named for its relatively high location, so #nominative (#nimetav), not #genitive (#omastav) (see Intro)…
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Topography #Topograafia
#Väike (Väike)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme
#Small, Lesser, Lower, generally used in compound names to designate a street or road with a big brother somewhere, usually nearby. Here, street in #Nõmme previously known, would you believe it (yes), as #Lai (1926-1959).
#Adjectives #Omadussõnad
#Marmori (Marmor)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Marble. New street assigned 2020-08-19. Interestingly (to English speakers where a = ä): #määrama, to assign, appoint, decree, etc., is just one typo away from #määrima, to befoul, defile or grease someone’s palms…
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusmaterjalid
#Näituse (Näitus)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Exhibition, show. Due to former fairground. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Palli.
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#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Rahumäe (Rahumägi) #Asum
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Quiet hill. A pleasant way of saying #cemetery. The Rahumäe #hiidrahn (erratic boulder) is about half a kilometer east at ///moats.riots.backers.
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#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
#Ilo (Ilo):
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
1) Name of literary magazine published in the 1920s; 2) Person’s first name; 3) Alternative spelling of ilu, beauty, although the earlier meaning was joy or merriment; 4) a deity hostess of feasts. #TAAK suggests 3) for its proximity to #Õnne.
#Kirde (Kirre)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
North-east, north-easterly. Also #noordoost or #nordost among sailors. See also #Kagu.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Compass #Kompass
#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.
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#Forests #Metsad
#Trees #Puud
#Kaevu (Kaev)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Well – "Vanasse kaevu ei või sülitada enne kui veel uut valmis ei ole": don’t spit in your old well until your new one’s dug. Comes in 3 varieties - #võllkaev (windlass well), #vinnkaev (draw well) and #pumpkaev (pump well) - well, well, well...
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#Voo (Voog)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme
Flow, current; also flood, billow, surge.
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#Palli (Pall)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Ball. Also bale; rating and Beaufort number. Part of a mini game-name area, see Sihi. #Palli is also the only cobbled (munakivi, lit. egg stone) street in Nõmme. #English ‘#cobble’ may come from a #ProtoGermanic base *kubb- meaning something rounded, while
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#Kitsas (Kitsas)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Narrow, close, tight. Said to be named after its width (narrowth?), although it’s neither narrower nor wider than its neighbors. Quite a common street name in #Estonia, with 15 towns having or having had one, but beaten by #Lai, with 20+. Anagram of #Sitska.
#Piiri (Piir)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Border, boundary. The border (couple of hundred meters to the north) being that between Tallinn and Nõmme. Also one-time site of a #Soviet short- to medium-range missile base, apparently aiming at #Scandinavia.
#Mängu (Mäng)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Play, game, toy. Named after a nearby fairground area, hence its immediate neighbors. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Näituse.
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#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
#Uueristi (Uuerist)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva #Rahumäe
New cross. Renaming of the other half of #Risti on the north-west side of #Pärnu mnt.
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#ReligiousInstitutions #UsulisedInstitutsioonid
#Religion #Religioon
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
#Folklore #Folkloor
#Raudtee (Raudtee)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Hiiu #Kivimäe #Pääsküla
Railway, lit. ‘iron road’. The railway being the Tallinn to #Paldiski/~#Turba line. The SW stretch of the road was renamed (2008) as #Ränduri and #Liipri.
#Railways #Raudteed
#Transport #Transport
#Communication #Kommunikatsioon
#Sihi (Siht)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme #Hiiu #Kivimäe
Aim, objective, direction. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Kurni.
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#Sport #Spordid
#Game #Mäng
#Glehni N.v. (Nikolai von Glehn, Count, 1841-1923)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Founder of the then town, now suburb, of Nõmme. Died in #Brazil. One of the last scions of a family descended from the #German merchant #HeinrichVonGlehn, who arrived in #Estonia in the mid 17th C.
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#Haava (Haab)
Two species: harilik haab, common or trembling aspen, Populus tremula – the trembling is due to the flat petioles allowing the slightest breeze to move the leaves and improve exposure to the sun (and perhaps shake off hungry insects?) –
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Trees #Puud
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