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Kruusaranna (Kruusarand): Shingle beach.

#Kruusaranna #Tallinn #tänavanimede #onomastika #odonüümia #sõnastik #AleksanderKivi #Tallinnatänavad
December 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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#Hiiumetsa (Hiiumets)
Hiiu woods. A road built for light traffic, in other words a two-way bicycle lane, see Harkumetsa, renamed as #Kitsarööpa in 2014
#Renaming #Ümbernimetamine
#Onomastics #Onomastika
February 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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📚 Slovenská onomastická terminológia pribudla aj na našom slovníkovom portáli 👇

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May 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#Kivimäe (Kivimägi)
Stone mountain. Named, apparently, after the mound of earthworks resulting from building the Tallinn-Keila railway. See #Mäe.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
February 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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#Salve (Salv)
Bin, hopper. Street named after a one-time nearby silo.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Onomastics #Onomastika
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Kuhja (Kuhi)
Heap, rick, pile, stack. Mini hay-, harvest-related group. See #Rangu.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
#HayMaking #Heinategu
#Onomastics #Onomastika
April 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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#Kesk-Kalamaja (Kesk-Kalamaja)
Central Kalamaja. Not that central at all, but I suppose South-Eastern Kalamaja is a bit of a mouthful, as is #KaguKalamaja too.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
esantazilia.bsky.social
Gaur ikusitako eskela.

Nekez bil daiteke #Mikel-en aldaera gehiago izen bakar batean: Mike, Mikele eta Mitxel.

Bidenabar, hebreera da: Mī-khā-'Ēl =
Nor Jainkoa bezala(koa)?

Goian bego.

#onomastika
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Eneka Azenari, 1096 urtean jasoa, Iruñean. 😍 #onomastika
May 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
saepurusass.bsky.social
Just tahtsin sama lisada. Kiire otsing näiteks annab näiteks kaks Karu (kellest üks oli juba enne üsna eestipärase nimega Karvaauk), üks Unt (aha huvitaval kombel Hundid on vist kõik juba kohe selle perenime saanud ja koguni 9 peret hoopis muutis selle millekski muuks:)

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October 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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There used to be another Välgu in Nõmme, a Soviet Era renaming (1960-1989) of Glehni N.v.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names #Onomastika #Odonüümia
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January 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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#Tiskre (Tiskre) #TallinnaAsum
After the river and one-time manor house. Sub-district and residential area some 12 km west of Tallinn center. Parts of the street renamed (1995) as #Jõeoti and #Räime.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Vismeistri
#ManorHouses #Mõisad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
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April 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#Tondimägi (0)
‘Ghost’ hill. Just a hill – nothing to see here! but see #Tondi. See also #Mäe for discussion.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Priisle
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Onomastics #Onomastika
February 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"Loigu (Loik): Puddle. Former farm name.

#Tallinn #TänavaNimede #Onomastika #Odonüümia #fetutinapily
December 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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#Harkumetsa (Harkumets)
Harku woods. A road built for “light traffic”, in other words a two-way bicycle lane, See #Hiiumetsa. Joins #Kõrgepinge near #Astangu. Plans were afoot in 2014 to rename it as #Kitsarööpa, of which it now seems to be just an extension.
#TänavaNimede #Onomastika #Odonüümia
January 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Etymology is the #paleontology of words: fractured glimpses of one-off usages out of the infinite variations of the collective idiolect. One of a small locomotive-themed group next to #Tallinn-Väike station. See #Vee.
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
#Onomastics #Onomastika
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A fence in Veduri, Tallinn, the borders of which most vegetation ignores. View half-way along Veduri, Tallinn.
June 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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from #MHG #smēken, to caress lovingly – whose root *smē- gives us #OldHighGerman #Schmer, fat or lard, modern #German #schmeicheln, to flatter – to English #smear and #Swedish #smör, or butter. And that's why we look so tasty.
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Toponymy #Toponüümia
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July 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Aarde (Aare):
Treasure.

Sometimes, it's plain and simple!

#Tallinn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#Pelgulinn (0), a #Tallinn "Asum", or Sub-district.
Lit. town of #asylum, refuge, shelter which seems, legend has it, due to it being a common hiding place for #criminals and #outlaws in the 18th C. A slum in the late-19th C.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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... disk-shaped block of wood that floats, or one too large to pass through the hole in the ice, a spring-action system planted into the snow... Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also Vabe.

#Tallinn #TänavaNimede #Onomastika #KalapüügiKeel
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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#Mõisapõllu (Mõisapõld): Field(s) of a manorial estate, the manor in question presumably #Haabersti.
#Tallinn #tänavanimede #onomastika #odonüümia #Tallinnatänavad
December 17, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Tere Kõigile,
Esimene täielik Tallinna tänavanimede sõnastik pärast Aleksander Kivi 1972. aasta raamatut "Tallinna tänavad".
Kommentaarid, parandused ja tagasiside on teretulnud. Täiendused ehk mitte...

#Tallinn #tänavanimede #onomastika #odonüümia #sõnastik #AleksanderKivi #Tallinnatänavad
December 9, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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#Käba (Käba)
Piece of bark used as float on fishing-line or net. Regional synonym of #Laose. Part of a fishing-tackle group, see also #Landi.
#Tallinn
#Onomastika
#KalastustarveteTänavanimed
January 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Soodi (Soot)
Oxbow lake, body of stagnant water, arm of a river separated from the main channel, old, dried-up river bed. Word derived from Soo.

#Tallinn #TallinnaTänavad #TänavaNimede #Onomastika #Odonüümia #Hüdronüüm
January 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#VanaTurg [0)
One of the oldest parts of #Tallinn, the point at which all main roads to/from #Narva, #Viljandi, #Tartu, #Pärnu, the islands (#Saaremaa & #Hiiumaa), #Riga, #Novgorod and #Rome converged.
#Kesklinn #Vanalinn #All-linn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
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March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM