Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Auru (Aur)
Steam, vapor (Auru välja laskma: to let off steam). Named for the nearby steam-engines in the railway shunting-lines. One of a small locomotive-themed group next to #TallinnVäike station. See #Suitsu.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Suitsu (Suits)
Smoke, vapor, fume. Also means fag (à la UK, not US), snout, coffin nail... One of a small locomotive-themed group behind the #Tallinn-Väike station. See #Söe. Estonian also borrowed the idea of the English portmanteau ‘smog’ from smoke + fog as sudu from suits+udu (fog).