Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Tõrviku (Tõrvik)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Ülemiste
#Torch. Think #dungeons, think #Olympics, then forget both. Same thing, but representing the #Estonian #TorchOfFreedom (see #Tungla). Word derived from #tõrv, tar. An electric torch is #taskulamp, or pocket lamp.
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

11 months ago

#Tungla (Tungal)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe
1) Firebrand (cf. Icelandic and #OldNorse #tungl, moon); 2) Smut, blight, rust (plant mold or fungus). But neither one nor the other. Originally #Sõpruse (1952-58), street renamed some 30 years after the Taara and Vanemuise group surrounding it, and
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