Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#Vaablase (Vaablane)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Sääse
#Sawfly, hornet. Probably the European hornet, #VespaCrabro common in #Estonia. Part of an insect street-name group. See #Kiili.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Insect #Putukas

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

#sääsekurnaja, literally a gnat-strainer or gnat-distresser... And ‘to make a mountain out of a molehill’ is sääsest elevanti tegema, or ‘make an elephant out of a mosquito’. Part of an insect street-name group. See also #Vaablase.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Insect #Putukas
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