#Paali (Paal)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Nautical term covering a number of related objects: #pile, as in deeply-driven foundation pillars, #fender (dolphin), #mooringpost or #bollard, which latter hints at the Est. word’s origin, MLG pāl, pahl, pōl, etc. (stake, long cylindrical piece of wood,
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#Narva (Narva)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
Town on #Russian border. Earliest records of present name...
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#Mere (Meri)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Sadama
#Sea, #ocean. Some linguists have suggested that mere could be a loan word belonging to speakers of a #preFinnoUgric and #preIndoEuropean language of the #KundaCulture, hunter-gatherers of the period 8000-5000 BCE. Others, less, say,
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#Hobujaama (Hobu[se][posti?]jaam)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Stage, #PostingStage. First known as #HermapöllscheGasse or #Hermapõllu (Herm[ann]’s (?) field) in the late 18th C, and apparently that for over 100 years with the 1876 #TallinnaLinnaplan (map) which seems to show fields on either
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#Laeva (Laev)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
According to a www.tallinn.ee/et/ametlik-teade/tallinna-linnavalitsuse-nimekomisjon announcement, a new square of this name was scheduled in 2022, but nothing seems to have been built yet.. patience..
Has anyone heard of anything?
#Stalkeri (Stalker)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Named for the film by #Tarkovski, and now a #käik off #Hobujaama. Oddly, there are 2 fields in #Estonia called Stalkeri: one in #Tartumaa, the other in #Valgamaa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Illness #Haigus
#Death #Surm
Madalmaa (Madalmaa)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Lowland. New or projected street (2008) just off "Tuukri. Given the latter’s former name of #Hollandi, it could refer to the #Netherlands, in which case it should be plural: #Madalmaade. And so, given the area’s slow geological rise out of the sea,
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#Rumbi (Rumb)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Rhumb, loxodromic curve, any of the compass’s 36 points.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Compass #Kompass
#Maritime #Merendus
#Paali (Paal)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama? (apparently...)
Nautical term covering a range of similar objects: #pile, as in a deeply-driven foundational #pillar, #mooringpost or, perhaps, #bollard. New street “in the docks”, but nobody knows where.
Anyone?
#Maritime #Merendus
#Harbor #Sadam
#Lüüsi (Lüüs)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Sluice, lock. Word derived from #OldDutch #slūsa, meaning gated water barrier, ultimately from a Lat. formulation first recorded in 1139 as *exitum aquarum, quem sluse vocant* (an outlet for water, which they call a sluse) which generated the
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#Parda (Parras)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Often given as a synonym of #Poordi, this might be due to semantic shift over time. In this case, it would indicate the outer side or ‘board’ of a boat or ship from keel up (and, nowadays, planes etc., too, think ‘boarding-pass’) as in
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#Admiraliteedi [bassein] (Admiraliteet)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Formerly known as #LaevaremonditehaseBassein, (from laev (ship), remont (repair), tehas workshop), i.e. shipyard, Admiralty dock was commissioned by Peter I in 1714 to service the #RussianNavy.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Läänemuuli (Läänemuul)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
We have doubts… what used to be the plain old western mole or jetty itself (Läänemuul), adding the gentive -‘i’ (in 2023?) seems to turn it into a placename or thoroughfare, but none seen on any map (other than xgis.ee)...
#Sea #Mere
#Harbor #Sadam
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Bensiini.
View along Bensiini, Tallinn, from the Tuukri direction.
Modernish apartment building in Bensiini, Tallinn.
Modern apartment and business building clad in slate tiles in Bensiini, Tallinn.
#Bensiini (Bensiin)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg #Sadama
Petrol, gas, gasoline. Part of an oil street-name group. See also #Filmi.
#Energy #Energia
#Technology #Tehnoloogia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Poordi.
View along Poordi, Tallinn, direction uncertain.
View along Poordi, Tallinn, direction uncertain.
Apartment block at the Ahtri end of Poordi, Tallinn.
Poordi (Poord)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Board, side of a ship, as in #starboard (#tüürpoord, steering, helm or rudder side) and #larboard (#pakpoord, prob. from #German #Backbord, quite possibly influenced by #packen in the sense of ‘to stow’ (#verstauen), as suggested for English with
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Petrooleumi.
View along Petrooleumi, Tallinn, in the direction of Narva maantee from Tuukri.
Methodist church on the corner of View along Narva maantee and Petrooleumi, Tallinn.
Cycle path leading to Petrooleumi, Tallinn, from the Reidi direction.
#Petrooleumi (Petrooleum)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama #Kadriorg
Petroleum. Street created/named around 1904 after the #Nobel Brothers’ petroleum depot. #Albert did not make all his money from #dynamite and #gelignite, far from it: he and his brothers Ludvig (and later his son Emanuel) and Robert
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Tuukri.
View east along Tuukri, Tallinn, from Poldri .
Modern housing in Tuukri, Tallinn.
Modern building named 'Uus-Holland' (New Holland) in Tuukri, Tallinn, a clear reference to the street's history.
#Tuukri (Tuuker)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Diver, of the bronze helmet and concrete knickers variety. First known as #Neu-Holland Straße in 1856, then #Hollandi from 1850-odd to 1950. During construction of new housing developments in #Kadriorg, a ship was
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Sadama. NB: While Tallinn streetname signs come in different forms and colors (usually rectangular, white on blue or brown, or essentially round, black on white if associated with a street number, District (Asum in Estonian) signs, like this one, are brown with a white border and white writing.
View eastwards along Sadama, Tallinn, with the Tallink building on the left.
View west along Sadama, Tallinn, with the SadaMarket on the left.
Modern bullding still under construction in Sadama, Tallinn.
#Sadama (Sadam) (#Asum)
#Harbor, port, haven. Second southward stretch of the #E67 2 from #Helsinki to #Prague.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Europe #Euroopa
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Poldri.
Building, the only one apparently, in Poldri, Tallinn.
View along Poldri, Tallinn, in the direction of Reidi tee, aka Via Baltica.
Front door of old building, also restaurant, in Poldri, Tallinn.
#Poldri (Polder)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Polder. Although essentially a Dutch construct, Estonia has four polders: Aardla, Audru, Räpina and Tarvastu. This one, concrete, named after proximity to Tuukri’s predecessor.
Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Laeva on it.
View ENE along Laeva, Tallinn.
View of the Admiral, ship museum, in the water beside Laeva, Tallinn.
View of from Laeva, Tallinn, across the harbor to Ahtri..
Laeva (Laev)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Ship, boat, vessel. This street is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague
#Ships #Laevad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Harbor #Sadam
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
View along tramlines of Kuunari, Tallinn, towards Kai.
Concrete structure of a new building in Kuunari, Tallinn.
Metal framework going up around the concrete structure of a new building in Kuunari, Tallinn.
Ground-floor concrete structure of a new building in Kuunari, Tallinn.
#Kuunari (Kuunar)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Schooner. In Vanasadam, the old Tallinn docks, now part of a brand new shiny complex of luxury concrete.
Still building, so not a steetname in sight!
#Maritime #Merendus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Logi on it.
Anchor on the roundabout connecting Tallinn streets Logi and Rumbi.
View of Logi, Tallinn, facing the center away from the sea.
View of Logi, Tallinn, towards the sea.
#Logi (Logi)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Ship’s log. The northernmost or most seaward part of the #E67 highway running from #Prague to #Helsinki, largely unpaved at present (2025) but just a matter of time.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn's former Seaman’s Association or Clubhouse on the crossroad between Tuukri and Uus-Sadama, Tallinn.
View of Uus-Sadama, Tallinn, towards Narva maantee (behind the buildings at the end of the street).
Entrance to Tallinn University in Uus-Sadama, Tallinn.
Side view of entrance to Tallinn University in Uus-Sadama, Tallinn.
#Uus-Sadama (Uus-Sadama)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
New Harbor (see #Sadama). First known (1882) as #NeueHafenstraße, the street has gone though the usual gamut of name variations, with transliteration into #Russian as #НоваяГаванная ул. (New Havannaya) and #НовоГаванская ул. (New Havanskaya)
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Roseni on it.
Alexela offices in Roseni street, Tallinn.
#Roseni (Rosen)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Surprisingly, not after the #Swedish #vonRosen family of whom Axel (1624-1675/80) – builder of the Von Rosen palace, now the #SwedishEmbassy in #Pikk – was later governor of #Estonia, but the
#History #Ajalugu
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Tallinn streetsign with the name Vööri on it.
View west along Vööri, Tallinn.
View west along Vööri, Tallinn.
Graffitied cement blocks off Vööri, Tallinn.
Vööri (Vöör)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Fore, as in opposition to aft. Vööris ja ahtris is fore and aft, and the interesting English word #fo’c’sle or even or fo’c’s’le, short for fore-castle, is #ruhv. Street 15-min walk from #Ahtri, and a few years’ building away from completion.
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Paadi on it.
Front of the St. Simeon’s and St. Anne’s Cathedral Church in Paadi, Tallinn.
View of Paadi, Tallinn, facing the St. Simeon’s and St. Anne’s Cathedral Church.
Modern building in Paadi, Tallinn.
#Paadi (Paat)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Boat. You guessed it, right next to #Laeva down by the docks. This street is part of the #E67 from #Helsinki to #Prague. Home to...
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#Karu (Karu)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
Bear. First recorded as #Medvedjevi tn after #Russian property owner (bear in Russian is #медведь, medved, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь, honey-eater, suggested to have developed as a means of skirting
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Ahtri (Ahter)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
1) Stern, poop; 2) By extension (no pun intended): buttocks, (often) ladies’, (usually) generous. Term borrowed from #LowSaxon and #Swedish seafarers, and related to ‘aft’ and ‘after’, as well as ‘off’ and ‘ebb’.
#Maritime#Merendus
#Etymology#Etümoloogia
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Narva (Narva)
Town on Russian border. Earliest records of present name (as Narvsche Straße, Нарвская ул, etc.) date back to 1872, before which
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
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