#Sõjakooli (Sõjakool)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#MilitarySchool, academy. After the military barracks established in #Tondi in the early 20th C...
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#Pöialpoisi (Pöialpoiss)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Goldcrest, #RegulusRegulus. National bird of #Luxembourg. A #pöialpoiss (thumb-boy) is also a rather ill-defined character of #Estonian #folklore. The #BrothersGrimms’ #SnowWhite’s dwarves are...
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(or out of the way) by #German soldiers, and the date switched for propaganda purposes (See M. J. #Broekmeyer, #Stalin, the #Russians, and their War). #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1990) of #Tondi. #Matrosov had various places named after him: a small town in #Kaliningrad formerly known as
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#Lõokese (Lõoke[ne])
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Lark. Various inclinations breed in Estonia: #nõmmelõoke, wood lark, #LullulaArborea; #põldlõoke, skylark, #AlaudaArvensis; #sarviklõoke, horned lark, #EremophilaAlpestris; stepilõoke, calandra lark, ~#MelanocoryphaCalandra;
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#Rähni (Rähn)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Woodpecker. The following breed in #Estonia: #HallpeaRähn aka #hallrähn, grey-headed woodpecker, #PicusCanus; #laanerähn aka #KolmVarvasRähn, three-toed woodpecker, #PicoidesTridactylus; #musträhn, black woodpecker, #DryocopusMartius;
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#Käo (Kägu)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
Common #cuckoo, #CuculusCanorus. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Käopoja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
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#Oksa (Oks)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Branch, limb, bough.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Tree #Puu
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#Kotka (Kotkas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Eagle. Ten species breeding in #Estonia (hence list):
• #Kaeluskotkas, European griffon vulture, #GypsFulvus
• #Kalakotkas, osprey, #PandionHaliaetus
• #Kaljukotkas aka maakotkas, golden eagle, #AquilaChrysaetos
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#Rivi (Rivi)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Row of trees in a stand. Also #rank, file, etc. In computing, a communications or device-input queue, sometimes confusingly known as a pushup list. Next to #Sõjakooli, so rank and file. Part of the #Tondi #military school group, see #Sammu.
#Sõjaline
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#Tüve (Tüvi)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Trunk (also trunk of body, or torso), #stem, stalk, stock. Parallel to #Kännu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
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#Linnu (Lind) #Allasum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
#Bird, fowl, poultry – linnu viisil elama: to live from hand to mouth; lit. to live in the way of a bird. Joined together, Linnu tee becomes #Linnutee, the #MilkyWay, sometimes known as #Piimatee (Milk Road), in Vigala
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#Kajaka (Kajakas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
Tallinn: cold, wet and fishy coastal harbor town... that means #seagulls, #kittiwakes, #gulls and #mews. As they say in #Pöide: Narri küll meest, ära narri mehe kübärät, Laugh at the man, not at his hat... Breeding in #Estonia are,
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#Kullamaa (Kullamaa)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Lit. gold or gold-bearing land, ‘Eldorado’, maybe? One-time cul-de-sac off the #Kitseküla end (i.e. NE) of #Tondi, but once seen elsewhere as a street running through the old #CharlottentaliTikumanufaktuur (see #Charlottentali), the #SovietUnion’s
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#Rähni (Rähn)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Woodpecker. The following breed in #Estonia: hallpea-rähn aka hallrähn, grey-headed woodpecker, #PicusCanus; laanerähn aka kolmvarvas-rähn, three-toed woodpecker, #PicoidesTridactylus; musträhn, black woodpecker, #DryocopusMartius;
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#Pardi (Part)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Duck, #teal, #pintail, etc. Numerous species breeding in #Estonia: (sorry, no ##) Ameerika piilpart, green-winged teal, Anas carolinensis; Ameerika viupart, American wigeon, A. americana; luitsnokk-part, northern shoveler, A. clypeata;
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#Västriku (Västrik)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Wagtail, probably linavästrik, white wagtail, Motacilla alba, rather than jõgivästrik, grey wagtail, M. cinerea, more common in SW Europe, although both are known to breed in Estonia. Part of the #Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Ööbiku.
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Coat of arms of the Kirstiine District in Tallinn: symmetrical white cross on a red background with a white clover-leaf top left. With apologies for my ignorance of heraldic nomenclature.
#Kristiine (?): #Linnaosa
Built on former Kristiine heinamaa, or Kristiine meadow, after Queen Christina of Sweden (see #Kristiina). One of #Tallinn’s 8 Districts. It includes the following Sub-districts: #Järve, #Lilleküla and #Tondi. Plus an exciting shopping mall. See Lasnamäe.
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#Västriku (Västrik)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Wagtail, probably #linavästrik, white wagtail, Motacilla alba, rather than #jõgivästrik, grey wagtail, M. cinerea, commoner in the SW Europe, although both are known to breed in #Estonia. Part of the #Lilleküla bird-name street group. See also #Ööbiku.
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#Sammu (Samm)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Step, footstep, measure. As an adverb, sammu means ‘at a walking pace’, and #marsisamm, is quick march, usually 120 bpm or beats per minute. Part of the Tondi military school group, see #Sõjakooli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Music#Muusika
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#Talli (Tall)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Stable, stall, barn. Named after the stables of a former military barracks. Part of the Tondi military school group, see #Marsi. Has also been (unconvincingly) proposed as possible component in the #etymology of Tallinn, see #Kopli and next entry, #Tallinna.
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#Haraka (Harakas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Black-billed magpie, Pica pica. Breeds in #Estonia. On the edge of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Hauka.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
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#Haraka (Harakas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Black-billed magpie, Pica pica. Breeds in #Estonia. On the edge of the #Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Hauka.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
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#Tedre (Teder)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix. Breeds in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. #Kivi records this as a path between meadowsback in 1653. See also #Tihase.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
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#Kampri (Kamper)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
Camphor, after a nearby cosmetics co. Street remaining to be built.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Industry #Tööstus
#Chemicals #Kemikaalid
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Meet my retired D&D #OC Wisteria,the pastel orchid mantis-inspired #Tondi #Thri-Kreen #cleric (Death Domain).
My first evil character. Beautiful, eerie, and ultimately too complex to play for me. Am a softy
#dndcharacterdesign #dndart #fantasycharacter #originalcharacter #dnd #dndoc
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#Auli (Aul)
Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the #Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Haigru.
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Birds #Linnud
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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#Tammsaare A.H. (Anton Hansen Tammsaare, 1878-1940)
One of the best-known #Estonian novelists, author of the 5-volume masterpiece, #TõdeJaÕigus (Truth and Justice, 1926-1933)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kristiine #Kesklinn #Kadaka #Sääse #Siili #Tondi #Järve #Kitseküla
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"Snowy Owl Seriously" is one of a snappy little Parliament of Owls collection of 11 small 6x6" gouache paintings. (9 originals are still available!) 8" & 12" Limited Edition prints available cedar-fox-studios.com #Tondi
#Gouache #CedarFox #ArtCollectors #OwlArt #original #TheOwlsAreNotWhatTheySeem
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While it seems unlikely that Tondi kõrts was related to #Katleri Mõis, the westernmost property (which also is said to have run a peat-extraction business, hence the -raba ending), #Väo Mõis is understood to have been leased to a #JobstDunte in the 17th C. But which one? As above, see #Tondi.
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