Latest posts tagged with #Alvari on Bluesky
#Lageloo (Lagelood)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse
#Lage means #open, bare or bleak, and #loo is the genitive of three words: #lugu, story; #loog, swath (of grass); and #lood, a synonym of #Alvari. Since its nearest listed neighbor is the Alvari mentioned above, and since it is located atop
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#Paevälja (Paeväli) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Paevälja
#Limestone field, expanse, probably reflecting a typical Estonian ground type of limestone with thin topsoil (see #Alvari). See #Välja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Limestone #Lubjavivi
#Ravila (Ravila)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
Health establishment, sanatorium. Lit. place of healing. Anagram of #Alvari.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Health #Tervis
#Death #Surm
#Loometsa (Loomets)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse
Possibly forest swathe, or a wood on limestone with stunted trees. Streetname apparently replacing that of the eastern stretch of #Alvari.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Forests #Metsad
#Trees #Puud
#Alvari (Alvar)
Limestone region covered with thin topsoil and stunted vegetation (see #Lageloo). Anagram of #Ravila.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse
#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Anagrams #Anagrammid
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
bearing in mind that a #meadow was generally a plot of land intended to be cut for #hay. Likewise, its counterpart vaal, #swathe (see #Vaalu) is #валок (valok) in #Russian. Genitive loo has 2 other nominatives: lood, synonymous with #Alvari, and lugu, story.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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