#Hiiela (Hiiela)
Lit. Place of the sacred grove. The -la suffix usually indicates a place where actions related to the underlying noun are done (e.g. #parkla for car cark), but since grove is already a place, perhaps it acts to emphasize its ‘#ceremonial’ status rather than its being #sacred in
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#Kuslapuu (Kuslapuu)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Maarjamäe
#Honeysuckle, woodbine, #LoniceraSpp. The name may reflect its N European habitat preference of spruce forests (see #Kuuse), with a shortening of ‘uu’ to ‘u’ and where the -la ending may be a contraction of ‘salu’, spruce-grove ‘tree’ (see Hiiela).

#Kivila (Kivila)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Mustakivi #Tondiraba
"Place of the stone". Although kivila could be a contraction of #kiviküla, stone village (see #Hiiela), which used to be a slightly pejorative way of saying ‘town’, reflecting the grim grey gracelessness of the #Soviet-built
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#Suvila (Suvila)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#SummerCottage, house (nothing to do with villas, lit. summer place, see #Hiiela).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg

nearby (see #Hiidtamme). The term seems to derive from #ProtoFinnic *hiici, thought originally to mean ‘burial ground’ and evolving into #Finnish #hiisi, devil, forest spirit, hell, etc. (but see #Hiiela), or perhaps a loan from #ProtoGermanic *χīđiz, for den or thicket.
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
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#Suvila (Suvila)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Summer cottage, house (nothing to do with villas, lit. summer place, see #Hiiela).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg

#Mesila (Mesila)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla #Kivimäe
Apiary (lit. place of honey, see #Hiiela).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Nature #Loodus
#Insect #Putukas
#Food #Toit

#Asula (Asula)
Dwelling, settlement, urban community, any populated place. Lit. place of settlement, related to the verb asuma, to settle (or, in Olonets Karelian, azuo, to prepare or have offspring) and hence asum. But see #Hiiela.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
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