#Nature#Loodus
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#Turba (Turvas)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kurepõllu
#Peat. Former name of the Kurepõllu sub-district.

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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Geology #Geoloogia
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#Pärniku (Pärnik)
#LimeTree grove.

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#Nature #Loodus
#Vegetable #Taimne
#Tree #Puu
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Karusmarja (Karusmari)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
Gooseberry (lit. bearberry). Group of berry streets near the #LiivaKalmistu (cemetery). See #Kuremarja.
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#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Berries #Marjad
July 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Puhma (Puhm[as])
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Clump, tussock.

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#Plant #Taim
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#Haaviku (Haavik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
Aspen grove.
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#Nature #Loodus
#Forests #Metsad
#Trees #Puud
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Puraviku (Puravik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Edible #boletus mushroom.

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#Nature #Loodus
#Fungus #Seen
#Food #Toit
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Vahtriku (Vahtrik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Merivälja
Maple forest. Also family name.
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July 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Suur-Männiku (Suur-Männik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
Greater Pine wood, pine grove.

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October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#Papli (Pappel)
Poplar. #BerliiniPappel, a cultivar we can probably call #Berlin poplar, Populus x berolinensis.
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#Trees #Puud
August 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Vikerkaare (Vikerkaar)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Rainbow.

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#Nature #Loodus
#Celestial #Taevalik
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#Rebase (Rebane)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Fox. Native to #Estonia is the #punarebane, red fox, #VulpesVulpes. One of #Pääskula’s woodland mammal group. See #Hirve.

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October 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Taime (Taim)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Pelgulinn
Plant, vegetable.
#Plants #Taimed
#Nature #Loodus
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Taime. View along Taime, Tallinn, in the general direction of Heina. Lock-up garages in Taime, Tallinn, garages seemingly a city obsession. Two ladies gardening in Taime, Tallinn.
June 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Õitse (Õitse)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Inflorescence.
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#Nature #Loodus
#Plants #Taimed
#Flowers #Lilled
August 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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#Madara (Madar)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Lille
#Bedstraw, goosegrass, #Galium spp., some 15-odd species in #Estonia.
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#Plants #Taimed
#Grasses #Rohud
September 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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#Kukulinnu (Kukulind)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Synonym of #Käo. Also name of a 1970s #kannel (#Estonian #zither) ensemble. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See #Kuldnoka.
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#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
July 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Oksa (Oks)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi
#Branch, limb, bough.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Kasvu (Kasv)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Lille
#Growth, increase, height, stature. Previously #Sireli (-1959), and #Valgesireli (white lilac, 1959-1960).
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September 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Liblika (Liblikas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Butterfly.

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#Animal #Loom
#Insect #Putukas
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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#Kuremarja (Kuremari)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
#Cranberry, fenberry. Lit. crane berry, cf. #German #Kranichbeere, and #LowGerman #Kranebere. Alternative name for #Jõhvika. Group of berry streets near the #LiivaKalmistu (cemetery). See #Leesika.

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#Plant #Taim
#Berry #Mari
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#Pääsusaba (Pääsusaba)
#Shortlisted #Lühiknimekiri
#Swallowtail (butterfly), #PapilioMachaon. Like #Paabusilma, street planned but never built. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also #Silmiku.

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#Animals #Loomad
#Insects #Putukad
September 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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#Variku (Varik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Kaasiku
#Brushwood, dense shrubbery.

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November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Seemne (Seeme)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Marja
Seed, also semen, sperm, but that would be a slippery path for any street-name commission to take, but see #Kalevala.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#Ilvese (Ilves)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Lynx, wildcat. Native to #Estonia is the harilik ilves, Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx. One of Pääskula’s woodland mammal group. See #Kärbi.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#Krookuse (Krookus): Crocus.
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
#Flower #Lille
#Nature #Loodus
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Krookuse. View along Krookuse, Tallinn, in the direction of Mooni. Oldand old-fashioned house Krookuse, Tallinn, with flower-tubs on pedestals by the front gate. Doorway in a house kin Krookuse, Tallinn, with slight subsidence of the front gate.
June 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Marja (Mari) #Allasum #Ward
#Berry; also #roe (of fish). One of a group of berry streets in #Lilleküla District. See also #Mureli.
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#Berries #Marjad
September 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM