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#GreatNorthernWar. Renamed (1948-1989) as #Kallaku during the #SovietOccupation. Same name also used for the #PiiskopiAed (Bishop's garden) and #PiiskopiAiaVaateplats and (Bishop's garden viewing-platform).

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December 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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actually a false or #EpigynousBerry, as are the #banana, #cucumber and #melon. Group of berry streets near the #LiivaKalmistu (cemetery). See #Jõhvika.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Tuleraua (Tuleraud):
Fire steel, fire iron, for striking fire from flint. Part of a fire, fire-making and fireplace group, see #Tuluste.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Õismäe
#FireRelatedStreetName #TulekahjugaSeotudTänavanimi
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April 13, 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.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#Kaisla (Kaisel)
Club-rush or bulrush, Schoenoplectus probably lacustris, a type of sedge. Anagram of #Klaasi. Small aquatic-plant group in the #Kakumäe peninsula. See #Lemle.
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January 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#Mugula (Mugul)
Bulb, tuber. One of the #Mähe flower-name group, see #Naadi.
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#Flowers #Lilled
August 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Käo (Kägu)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
Common #cuckoo, #CuculusCanorus. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Käopoja.

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#Bird #Lind
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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#Räniliiva (Räniliiv)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
#Silica sand, arenaceous quartz. Part of a sand and concrete materials group, see #Silikaltsiidi.

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#Construction #Ehitus
#Sand #Liiv
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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the ‘foot’ of a ‘mountain’, and hence the road that led up to the #linnus or #citadel at the top of the hill.
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View of Pikk jalg tower, Tallinn, from higher up the hill. Office of the Chancellor of Justice (Õiguskantsleri Kantselei) seen from Pikk jalg, Tallinn. Back of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice (Õiguskantsleri Kantselei) and other buildings in Pikk jalg, Tallinn. View of the cobblestone road uphill in Pikk jalg, Tallinn. It's not the hills in your life that matter, but the cobblestones you meet on the way.
June 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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June 1958 – #Taagi (stay, as in #forestay, mizzen stay, etc.) and #Toodri (spar buoy) – all three of which elongated vertical structures, more a sea mark type of beacon than a buoy.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#Mängu (Mäng)
#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.
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#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Entertainment #Meelelahutus
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Lavamaa (Lavamaa)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Loopealse #Paevälja
Tableland, plateau, mesa.
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#Geography #Geograafia
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Topography #Topograafia
August 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Nurmiku (Nurmik)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
1) #MilkChurn; 2) #WireGrass. Being next to #Helmiku means it’s probably the latter. One of a meadow flower or grass group. See #Osja.

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September 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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rough-legged buzzard, #BLagopus. Part of the #Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Vuti.

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November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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#Kätki (Kätki)
Cradle. Named to pair up with its immediate neighbor, Hälli.

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January 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Auna (Aun)
Shock of sheaves, stack, cock, or stack of peat. Street started life (1932) as #Muru, German #Rasenstrasse, grass, lawn, turf, and Russian #Дерновая ул, turf-covered or turf-edged,
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April 10, 2025 at 6:30 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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#Riida (Riit)
Stack or pile of (fire-)wood. Something close to every Estonian’s heart, hearth and home. Street next to #Pinu. See also #Halu.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#Pilviku (Pilvik)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Russula, probably the #kollanepilvik, yellow swamp russula or #brittlegill, #RussulaClaroflava, an edible mushroom.

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September 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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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.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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#Mäepere (Mäepere)
Mäe family, former farm name. See also #Mäe.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
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NB: Mäe is quite a key component in Estonian placenames. Article posted one day soon...
March 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Põdra (Põder)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla #Laagri
Moose, elk, Alces alces, native to #Estonia. One of Pääskula’s woodland mammal group. See #Rebase.
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#Animals #Loomad
#Mammals #Imetajad
July 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Õpetajate (Õpetajad [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Veerenni
Teachers (Sing.: Õpetaja). Named after a former teachers’ housing association.
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#Culture #Kultuur
July 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#Öölase (Öölane)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Noctuid owlet moth (numerous species). Part of a lepidopteran group. Lit. night-time being. See #Kannustiiva.
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#Animals #Loomad
#Insect #Putukas
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#Hõberebase (Hõberebane)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Raudalu
Silver fox, Vulpes vulpes. One of the streets named after the nearby #RakuSovhoos (see #Karuse).
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August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM