Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

are probably derived from a common root. But the ‘cobble’ stones here may be #setts, in other words, stones that have literally been prepared or ‘set’, rather than the naturally-occuring rounded ones.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#RoadRelated #TeedegaSeotud
#Rocks #Kivid
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

11 months ago

#Trummi (Trumm)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe
(change of strategy, makes more sense to add locations next to name, and other tags at the end)
Drum, but not the sort you play on: one of the large drainage pipes or flues used as culverts, named in 1922 after the local
#RoadRelated #TeedegaSeotud
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