Around 1700, Hannah Hull Sewall named Hull Street in Boston after her deceased parents, making it the first street in the future-city to be named. In 1706, the city's selectmen agreed to name all the streets and by 1708 the task was completed. #Massachussetts #History #StreetNames

This is a real street near where I live mostly funny to #cb and #nfld but awesome either way #funny #streetnames

It took me the longest time to pronounce this street without stumbling over it. LOL (March 8, 2025) #Hawaii #StreetNames

DAILY DIRT: It might be a bit embarrassing to provide your address if living on one of these streets or roads – Muddy River News A Quincy road makes our list! … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,477 of The Daily Dirt Daily Dirt for Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 1. We’ve had a lot of fun with some of the bizarre names...

muddyrivernews.com/opinion/dail... #dailydirt #opinion #streetnames #spongebob #starbucks

Google Maps holds a wealth of helpful information. It’s not just maps. Read Screen Skills to see what you’ve been missing.

#GoogleMaps #ScreenSkills #Safety #EssentialInformation #StreetNames #StreetDirections #DontGetLost

New “Prague Street Lexicon” offers a comprehensive encyclopaedia of street names in the Czech capital - Prague Daily News Prague has unveiled a new digital reference work on the city’s history. The online database Pražský uličník explains the origin of all street names in the Czech capital – from historic alleys to moder...

#cities #Prague #CzechRepublic #StreetNames

'Prague has unveiled a new digital reference work on the city’s history. The online database Pražský uličník explains the origin of all street names in the Czech capital – from historic alleys to modern boulevards.'

www.praguedaily.news/2025/10/18/n...

This no doubt caused some confusion and all four of them were subsequently renamed.

#glasgow #streetnames #byresroad #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowhistory #architecture #architecturephotography

If you look up at one of the tenement buildings on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow, you'll see it bears the legend Victoria Cross. This seems odd until you find out that when it was built, Byres Road was called Victoria Street.

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#glasgow #streetnames #byresroad #architecture

the longest word in #Estonian based on only 4 letters where every second one is an ‘a’. Prove me wrong:

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Tree #Puu
#Alcohol #Alkohol
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#streetnames #Prague 🇨🇿

Straatnaambordje “Wolkenhemel” met daar achter een woning.

Straatnaambordje met “Sterrenhemel “ met daar een bakstenen woning.

Straatnaambordje aan lantaarnpaal met “Lentebries” stuk van een boom en woning en dak

Lantaarnpaal met een straatnaambordje met “Regenboog”. Daar achter een flatgebouw en een andere lantaarnpaal.

Leuke straatnamen in Elst #straatnamen #streetnames #straatnaam #elst #straatnaambordje

#streetnames #prague 🇨🇿

#Nurme (Nurm)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Meadow, field, pasture.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Nature #Loodus
#HayMaking #Heinategu

Marja (Mari) #Allasum #Ward
#Berry; also #roe (of fish). One of a group of berry streets in #Lilleküla District. See also #Mureli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Berries #Marjad

#Papli (Pappel)
Poplar. #BerliiniPappel, a cultivar we can probably call #Berlin poplar, Populus x berolinensis.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Trees #Puud

#Kasteheina (Kastehein)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Bent, Agrostis spp., a grass, but not, despite either english name, a criminally-inclined informer...
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed

One of a meadow flower or grass group. See #Jürilille.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Flowers #Lilled
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Finding Madras in Chennai To celebrate Madras Day, a look at the city of Chennai through its street names

Hey Madras! Live long and prosper!
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In celebration of Madras Day (Aug 22, Chennai's 386th birthday), my essay "Finding Madras in Chennai," published in Counter Arts magazine on Medium

medium.com/counterarts/...

#History #India #Chennai #Madras #madrasday #BritishRaj #streetnames

Street sign with the text "via delle belle donne"

This street name in the center might have an interesting history ...

#Pisa #signs #streetnames

Berlin to change racist street name after legal battle – DW

Berlin's finally renaming a racist street after a long legal fight! A small victory for justice & equality. #Berlin #RacialJustice #StreetNames #GoodNews

#streetnames 🇨🇿

#streetnames 🇨🇿

#Kastani (Kastan)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Chestnut.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Nature #Loodus
#Trees #Puud

#Raja (Raja)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe #Kadaka #Mustamäe
1) Boundary, border; 2) Path, walk.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Topography #Topograafia

#Leegi (Leek)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla #Kivimäe
Flame, blaze. NB: not the same blaze as #Laugu, despite its nominative being spelled the same way as one of the latter’s translations…
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed

Mafeking Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. It might be named after a South African town where there was siege during the Boer War, but it has a very different meaning when pronounced with a Glaswegian accent!

#glasgow #streetnames #mafekingstreet #ibrox #humour #scotland

Hand-made Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Lume.

View along Lume, Tallinn, from the Nõlva direction.

Collection of buoys and shipping markers in a customs zone in Lume, Tallinn.

Rest-stop, or bar in Lume, Tallinn.

#Lume (Lumi)
Snow. Once know simply as Tänav 2 (No.2 Street). Also #SovietOccupation renaming (1958-1991) of nearby #Hundipea.
#Weather #Ilm
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Turvise.

View of the Tallinn art high-school (Tallinna Kunstigümnaasiumi) sports field in Turvise, Tallinn.

Flag of the Tallinn Pikne (see article) mororcycle club in Turvise, Tallinn.

Harley-Davidson outside the Pikne Motorcycle Club in Turvise, Tallinn. Great, friendly guys, all of them, and thanks for the beer and welcome!

#Turvise (Turvis)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kopli
Armor, corselet, breastplate, harness and, for the modern-day horseless road warrior, retreaded winter tire. Close to #Maleva and #Uus-Maleva, and hence member of a mini military mêlée. See #Amburi.
#Military #Sõjaline
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed

Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Uue Maailma on it.

House in Uue Maailma, Tallinn.

Entrance to underground parking in residential building in Uue Maailma, Tallinn, with another block of apartments in the background.

Elderly cat in a window of a house in Uue Maailma, Tallinn, considering legal action for invasion of privacy.

#Uue Maailma (Uus Maailm)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #UusMaailm
New world. Suspected due to proximity to an inn called #Ameerika, #WirtshausAmerica. Street a couple of hundred meters from #Väike-Ameerika and #Suur-Ameerika. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Oja during the #SovietOccupation.
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed

#Fact!

Third photo of mine even has “a redeeming crack down the middle”

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#Humour #Humor #Places #Mischievious #Rebel #Local #StreetPhotography #MobilePhotography #StreetNames #AngelinDisguise