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Tihniku (Tihnik)
Thicket, coppice, copse. From tihe:tiheda, an adjective suggesting thickness, density, closely-bristled, meatiness, etc.
Tervise (Tervis)
Health, constitution. An odd name to give a street running alongside two cemeteries, but why not? Health is not always good… The Tallinna Lastehaigla (Tallinn Children’s Hospital, formerly the Balti Raudtee Eesti Raudteekonna Haigla, Balto-Estonian railway association hospital) is at No.28.
Originally planned as a book, the Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names now comes in two versions: book and website.
All author proceeds from the print version will go to the Tallinna Lastehaigla Toetusfond (Tallinn Children’s Hospital Foundation) set up to aid purchase medical equipment).
Similarly, a percentage of any earnings from the web version, to be determined and details to be announced, will also go to the Foundation.
For donations, see https://www.toetusfond.en/donate.
Tuha (Tuhk)
Ash, cinders, and cinders = Cinders = Cinderella, in Estonian Tuhkatriinu: Ash-Katie. Street built over limestone quarries filled with oil-shale ash. For interested parties, there is a põlevkivimuuseum (oil-shale museum) in Kohtla-Järve, 165 km E of Tallinn. One of a rock-based neighborhood. See Kivimurru.







