Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Sitska (?)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe
Former farm or farming family. Street probablyrenamed after its scion #JaanSitska, #historian, in 1996 from #Mähe, and once enticingly known as Kaarel, maatükk 22, 16-a, or, more or less, Charles, piece o’ land 22, 16a, reaffirming the Estonian sense of
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#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.