replaced by #Vaksali in the 1840s, yet another example of the fluid nature of #language change… But this is all very iffy. Street part of the #E67 from #Helsinki to #Prague.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Railway #Raudtee
#Transport
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was #Relsi, from #Relss, a colloquial term for rail, roundly rejected by rancorous railway riparians.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Transport
#Railway #Raudtee
#NameChanges #Nimemuutused
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#Ränduri (Rändur)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Given its position alongside the #railway: #traveler or wayfarer, but for those who don’t buy tickets, #vagabond or vagrant. Pilgrims would just use the track as route indicator... Renaming, along with #Liikuri, of former #Raudtee. The original choice
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#Viadukti (Viadukt)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
#Viaduct. Carrying the #TallinnVäike narrow-gauge railway line.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Railway #Raudtee
#Transport
#Silla (Sild)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Bridge. For the bridge at #Nõmme railway station.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
#Railway #Raudtee
#Liipri (Liiper)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Sleeper, crosstie (railway). Derived from the #English ‘sleeper’ which, interestingly, traveled well, becoming chulipa in #Brazil (see #Vocabulário_Popular_de_Porto_Velho by #BetoBertagna & #SimonHamilton). Renaming, along with #Ränduri, of former #Raudtee.
#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
a) rahu [1] i.e. reef, a geographical feature found in more littoral areas, and rahu [2] means quiet, but given its location next to #Raudtee, calling it quiet, calm or tranquil may seem like misleading advertising;
#Geography #Geograafia
#Railways #Raudteed
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Street originated with Starcksche Straße (1875) after local surveyor Robert Starck who built the street on his land near #Tehnika, switching into #Raudtee aaru (prob. alt. spelling of #Aru, dry, upland meadow), then various versions of ...
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
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