#Vilisuu (Vilisuu)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna
Lit. #WhistleMouth. Differing explanations: 1) Rarely-used bogey-man type threat for children: Ära mine õue, vilisuu tuleb!, Don’t go out, Vilisuu will get you! (lit. is coming). #Folklore character related to other #Estonian wind spirits, such as
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#Theo, via #Tehu, from an abbreviation of #Stefanus, and #Marte, prob. from #Martinus. #SovietOccupation renaming (1979-1995) of #Vilisuu.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#World_War_II #II_MaailmaSõda
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
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Graffiti / street art by Robin Nõgisto (99% sure) of ARS Kunstilinnak, Hallivanamehe, Tallinn.

to sing. So perhaps it was another scary name from #Estonian #folklore? You already have #Pakase, #Pikri, #Pikse, #Tuuslari, #Uku, #Vilisuu… The street was named on 1958-02-14 along with 80 or so others, quite a bunch, so maybe a #typo? But none of these three explanations passes the test of
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