#nunna, monk and nun. So although there is the tiniest possibility of it to having meant #nun, it may well be just a fortuitous coincidence. See also #PaksMargareeta.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CityWall #Linnamüür
#CityDefense #Linnakaitse
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#Puuvilja (Puuvili)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Fruit. Not to be confused with Puuvilla.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Food #Toit
#Fruit #Puuviljad
To avoid overkill, I'm reducing my posts from 6 to 4 per day.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
to its former name, with the #Hiiu- modifier (#hargtäiend) appended in front. Quite enough done.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NameChanges #Nimemuutused
#Military #Sõjaline
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abbreviations) #FinnoUgric language to another. Tree/shrub group, see #Kontpuu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Tree #Puu
#EstonianLanguage #EestiKeel
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Next door too to the #GrandMarina cinema, built 1913, destroyed 1944. For collateral damage, see #WWPassaaž.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
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#Meistrite hoov (Meistrid [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Masters’ courtyard (see #Meistri). Cobbled passageway off #Vene 6, dating back to pre-13th C, but first recorded 1371. Nice café.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu
replaced by #Vaksali in the 1840s, yet another example of the fluid nature of #language change… But this is all very iffy. Street part of the #E67 from #Helsinki to #Prague.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Railway #Raudtee
#Transport
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Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Varraku.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Literature #Kirjandus
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid
#Folklore #Folkloor
#MeToo
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#karros from #PIE root *kers- ‘to run’ – are related to PIE *kʷel-1 or *kʷelǝ-, to turn or revolve, or even ‘neck’ (cf. Fr. #cou).
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Technology #Tehnoloogia
#Transport
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
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Settlements recorded as far back as the #BronzeAge.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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Popular food with #HummingBirds (#larches, not #processionaries), though relatively rare in the subarctic distropics of #Estonia.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Tree #Puu
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from #UrbanSymphony, Estonia’s attempt to recapture the #Eurovision hearts, ears, and advertising budgets of millions with their proud ditty #Rändajad.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NotableEstonian #MärkimisväärneEestlane
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house, the ‘#SutyaginSkyscraper’, built by its eponymous local racketeer. #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1991) of #Gonsiori.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Literature #Kirjandus
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#StPetersburg in 1904, and from there, through M&As, revolution and restitution to the #booze we burp today.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu
#IllustriousEstonian? #KuulusEestlane?
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#Vologda Oblast, #Russia)... Street previously (until 1923) named #Lutheri under various guises (Lutri, Lutre, Luteri, Lutherstraße and Лютерская ул.).
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
NotableEstonian #MärkimisväärneEestlane
#Language #Keel
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Renamed (1979-1995) as #Tehumardi during the #SovietOccupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Virbi.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FolkCulture #RahvaKultuur
#Folklore #Folkloor
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turnoff from the main #PaldiskiMaantee opposite No.163 and lead to #Keskküla.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#Unexplained #Seletamatu
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local landowner (although she may well have sung from time to time too, #gospels perhaps?... 😉. Also, coincidentally, not far from #TallinnMusicHighSchool.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Landowner #Maaomanik
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#GreatNorthernWar. Renamed (1948-1989) as #Kallaku during the #SovietOccupation. Same name also used for the #PiiskopiAed (Bishop's garden) and #PiiskopiAiaVaateplats and (Bishop's garden viewing-platform).
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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actually a false or #EpigynousBerry, as are the #banana, #cucumber and #melon. Group of berry streets near the #LiivaKalmistu (cemetery). See #Jõhvika.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Berry #Mari
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counterpart through vernacular pronunciation of foreign words. Previously also called #HiiurootsiSaar, Swedish #Hiiumaa island. Part of an Estonian island group, see #Aegna.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia
#Island #Saar
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that it comes from the name #Zacharias…
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
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stone-built #gallows) was located at No.8 (see #VanaLõuna, #Hariduse and #Roosikrantsi), or nearby. See #VanaVeerenni.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sand #Liiv
#StreetNameChange #TänavanimeMuutmine
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#Helmiku (Helmik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#Melick, grass of the #fescue family. One of a meadow flower or grass group. See #Hunditubaka.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Grass #Rohu
lesser butterfly-orchid, #PBifolia (bifolia = kahelehine = two-leafed). One of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Käokäpa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Flower #Lille
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#boden in #RaekojaTänav and #Dunkri, for more details, see #Kinga.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Food #Toit
#Industry #Tööstus
#Commerce #Kaubandus
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
#History #Ajalugu
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a #Sub-district name, does not seem to even have a #nominative (see #Nõmme).
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Water #Vesi
#Geography #Geograafia
#Topography #Topograafia
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I give up (but suspect this may well indeed be the origin).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Trade #Kaubandus
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
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One of a rock-based neighborhood. See #Tuha. Alternative name of #Torupilli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu
#CrimeAndPunishment #KuritööJaKaristus
#Health #Tervis
#Limestone #Lubjakivi
#Rock #Kivi
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