Settlements recorded as far back as the #BronzeAge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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their mum’s saucepan for armor, and which early #Norse warrior would not nick his missus’ #casserole to protect his shoulder-rock, as Norse #kennings so poetically describe a head (deadpan humor?). I rest my case.
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
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turnoff from the main #PaldiskiMaantee opposite No.163 and lead to #Keskküla.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#Unexplained #Seletamatu
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#Volmre (?)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Former #FarmName of obscure origin. A #Volbri / #Volmri once existed there, named after a farm dependency called #Wolmri (1913) which looks like a possible abbreviation of #Woldemar, but unsure. New road (decided 2019?) scheduled to replace a
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that it comes from the name #Zacharias…
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
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#Theo, via #Tehu, from an abbreviation of #Stefanus, and #Marte, prob. from #Martinus. #SovietOccupation renaming (1979-1995) of #Vilisuu.
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#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#World_War_II #II_MaailmaSõda
#FarmName #TaluNimi
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
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#Tooma (Toomas)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Väo
Named after the lake and/or historical farm, #Tooma, it runs by. Probably derived from the name, Toomas (Thomas).
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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#Põlde (Põllu [pl.])
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Former #FarmName. #Põlde is the #PartitivePlural (which I don’t really grasp, but see #Intro) of #põld, so ‘Some of the fields’? See #Põllu. But põld was sometimes used as a #metonym for ‘croft’ or other small-scale peasant farmholding.
#TaluNimi
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#Kuusiku (Kuusik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe
#Spruce #wood, spruce grove. Former farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Forest #Mets
#Tree #Puu
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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#Kuusenõmme (Kuusenõmme)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe
#Spruce #marsh or #moor. Former farm name.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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Rajapere (Rajapere)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Name of former family, household, farm, probably one located on the edge/border of a village, manor house, etc. See #Raja for details.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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#Keskküla (Keskküla)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva
Mid-village, middle of the village, village centre... Also name of (now) ruined manor house in #Läänemaa county. Former farm name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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way of saying ‘#Russian’). Former farm / family name. Farm group. See also #Toomapere.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Family #Perekond
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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#Lillevälja (Lilleväli)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Haabersti
Field of flowers. Former farm name. See #Välja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
#FarmName #TaluNimi
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