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#Victory, success, triumph, achievement... Very popular street name! There is a #puiestik in #Rahumae; a põik (formerly #Lõhmuse) in #Männiku; a #tänav in...
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Victory Day (Võidupüha) in Estonia is 23/06, but let's get the year off to a good start!
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#High, #tall. Named for its relatively high location, so #nominative (#nimetav), not #genitive (#omastav) (see Intro)…
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Topography #Topograafia
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#High, #tall. Named for its relatively high location, so #nominative (#nimetav), not #genitive (#omastav) (see Intro)…
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Topography #Topograafia
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
North-east, north-easterly. Also #noordoost or #nordost among sailors. See also #Kagu.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Compass #Kompass
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
North-east, north-easterly. Also #noordoost or #nordost among sailors. See also #Kagu.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#CompassPoints #KompassiSuunad
#Compass #Kompass
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Quiet hill. A pleasant way of saying #cemetery. The Rahumäe #hiidrahn (erratic boulder) is about half a kilometer east at ///moats.riots.backers.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Quiet hill. A pleasant way of saying #cemetery. The Rahumäe #hiidrahn (erratic boulder) is about half a kilometer east at ///moats.riots.backers.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme #Hiiu #Kivimäe
Aim, objective, direction. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Kurni.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sport #Spordid
#Game #Mäng
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme #Hiiu #Kivimäe
Aim, objective, direction. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Kurni.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sport #Spordid
#Game #Mäng
1) Cross; 2) Clubs (card suit). Named after #RistiKõrts, local source of spiritual succor: the Cross Inn, presumably on the other side of the road. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Silikaadi during...
#Tallinn#Nõmme#Rahumäe#Liiva
#LīvõdPierāndõksPǟva #LivonianHeritageDay #LiiviPärandiPäev
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1) Cross; 2) Clubs (card suit). Named after #RistiKõrts, local source of spiritual succor: the Cross Inn, presumably on the other side of the road. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Silikaadi during...
#Tallinn#Nõmme#Rahumäe#Liiva
#LīvõdPierāndõksPǟva #LivonianHeritageDay #LiiviPärandiPäev
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#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu #Nõmme #Männiku #Rahumäe
#Hope, #expectation. Doesn’t quite have the same ring as #Micawberism, or the same meaning as ‘lotus’ (#lootos:lootose), but still. Part of a metaphysical street-name group. See #Aate.
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#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu #Nõmme #Männiku #Rahumäe
#Hope, #expectation. Doesn’t quite have the same ring as #Micawberism, or the same meaning as ‘lotus’ (#lootos:lootose), but still. Part of a metaphysical street-name group. See #Aate.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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Play, game, toy. Named after a nearby fairground area, hence its immediate neighbors. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Näituse.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Play, game, toy. Named after a nearby fairground area, hence its immediate neighbors. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Näituse.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme #Rahumäe
Sand, gravel. Sand. Having been a subliminal silicon layer of the country’s chthonic consciousness, it has been the alter ego of multiple highways and byways of Tallinn and...
Two species: harilik haab, common or trembling aspen, Populus tremula – the trembling is due to the flat petioles allowing the slightest breeze to move the leaves and improve exposure to the sun (and perhaps shake off hungry insects?) –
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#Trees #Puud
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#Grass, #turf, sod, lawn. See #Auna.
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#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Grass #Rohu
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva #Rahumäe
New cross. Renaming of the other half of #Risti on the north-west side of #Pärnu mnt.
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#ReligiousInstitutions #UsulisedInstitutsioonid
#Religion #Religioon
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
#Folklore #Folkloor
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva #Rahumäe
New cross. Renaming of the other half of #Risti on the north-west side of #Pärnu mnt.
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#ReligiousInstitutions #UsulisedInstitutsioonid
#Religion #Religioon
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
#Folklore #Folkloor
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Stone, #rock, #boulder. Judging by the large number of cognates (among other things) – kivi #Finnish, #Karelian, #Izhorian, #Olonets, Ludian & #Veps), tšivi (#Votic, for stone, flint, millstone...), ki’v (and variants, #Livonian), кӱ (#Mari),
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Lisaks kui minu piirkonnas juba sireenid lõpetasid töötamast, siis rahumäe kandis kestis sireen veel mingi 4-5 minutit edasi.
Lisaks kui minu piirkonnas juba sireenid lõpetasid töötamast, siis rahumäe kandis kestis sireen veel mingi 4-5 minutit edasi.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Free, gratis and for nothing. Two streets: one in #Nõmme, formerly #Kalju (1927-1959) and #Rahnu (1940-1941), from #rahn, boulder, block or megalith (see #Rändrahnu); the other in #Kalamaja no longer exists.
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#Marble. New street assigned 2020-08-19. Interestingly (to English speakers where a = ä): #määrama, to assign, appoint, decree, etc., is just one typo away from #määrima, to befoul, defile or grease someone’s palms…
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusmaterjalid
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Marble. New street assigned 2020-08-19. Interestingly (to English speakers where a = ä): #määrama, to assign, appoint, decree, etc., is just one typo away from #määrima, to befoul, defile or grease someone’s palms…
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusmaterjalid
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Liiva #Männiku
Pine wood, pine grove. Street leads to corresponding Sub-district. This street is part of the #E67 from #Helsinki to #Prague.
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#Forests #Metsad
#Trees #Puud
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme
#Small, Lesser, Lower, generally used in compound names to designate a street or road with a big brother somewhere, usually nearby. Here, street in #Nõmme previously known, would you believe it (yes), as #Lai (1926-1959).
#Adjectives #Omadussõnad
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme
#Small, Lesser, Lower, generally used in compound names to designate a street or road with a big brother somewhere, usually nearby. Here, street in #Nõmme previously known, would you believe it (yes), as #Lai (1926-1959).
#Adjectives #Omadussõnad