Technical terms and stuff
Toponyms
| Aas | Meadow, pasture |
| Aed | Garden |
| Allee | Avenue, alley, parkway, lane, walk, path |
| Asum | Subdistrict, neighborhood |
| Haljak | Green, grassplot |
| Hoov | Court |
| Jalg | Foot/Leg (approach to hill or mountain) |
| Järv | Lake |
| Kael | Passageway (Lit. Neck) |
| Käik | Passage, alley, gang |
| Kalmistu | Cemetery (aka surnuaed, or garden of the dead) |
| Kvartal | District, quarter, neighborhood |
| Liin | Line (lit. line of houses alongside a canal) |
| Linnaosa | Town or city district, borough |
| Maantee (mnt) | Road, highroad, highway |
| Mets | Wood, forest |
| Oja | Stream, brook |
| Ots | End, cape |
| Õu | Courtyard |
| Park | I’ll let you guess this one |
| Passaaž | Mall, arcade, gallery |
| Plats | Square |
| Põik | Short for põiktänav, minor crossroad |
| Puiestee (pst) | Avenue, boulevard |
| Puiestik | Grove, park, small wood |
| Raba | Moor, moorland, bog |
| Rand | Beach, shore, coast |
| Sadam | Port, harbor |
| Sild | Bridge |
| Tänav (tn) | Street, term originally used for a village lane |
| Tee | Road, lane, track |
| Tiik | Pond |
| Torn | Tower |
| Trepp | Steps or staircase |
| Tunnel | Another difficult one |
| Turg | Market |
| Umbtänav | Cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley, impasse |
| Vaateplats | Viewing-point, belvedere |
| Väljak | Place, square, also court (tennis), course (golf) |
| Värav | Gate, gateway |
Street-Name Modifiers
| Ala | Lower |
| Ees | In front, fore- |
| Kesk | Central, middle |
| Suur (suure) | Great, large |
| Taga | Behind |
| Uus (uue) | New |
| Vahe | Middle, between |
| Vana (vana) | Old |
| Väike (väikse, väikese) | Small |
| Ülem | Upper |
Abbreviations & Symbols
| Aka | Also known as |
| BCE | Before Common Era (replaces BC) |
| BP | Before Present |
| CE | Common Era (replaces AD) |
| DEPn | Dictionary of Estonian Place names (essentially in Estonian) |
| EES | Eesti Etümoloogiasõnaraamat |
| EKI | Eesti Keele Instituut |
| EKSS | Eesti Keele Seletav Sõnaraamat |
| FU | Finno-Ugric |
| KNAB | EKI Place Names Database |
| LCD | Liber Census Daniae |
| Lit. | Literally |
| MHG | Middle High German |
| MLG | Middle Low German |
| PIE | Proto-Indo-European |
| TAAK | Tallinna Asumid ja Ametlikud Kohanimed |
| TT | Tallinna Tänavad |
| XGis | |
 |
Monument |
 |
District (Linnaosa) |
 |
Sub-district (Asum) |
 |
Ward (Allasum) |
| * | An asterisk before a word in italics indicates it to be a hypothetical form |
| xxx:xxxi | Word shown in its nominative and genitive forms |
Commonly-mentioned languages
| AncGk | Ancient Greek |
| Dan | Danish |
| Eng | English |
| Est | Estonian |
| Far | Faroese |
| Finn | Finnish |
| Fr | French |
| Ger | German |
| Icel | Icelandic |
| Lat | Latin |
| Latv | Latvian |
| Lith | Lithuanian |
| MHG | Middle High German |
| MLG | Middle Low German |
| Ned | Dutch |
| OEng | Old Engligh |
| OGu | Old Gutnish (spoken on Gotland) |
| OIce | Old Icelandic |
| ONo | Old Norse |
| OSwed | Old Swedish |
| Rus | Russian |
| Swed | Swed |
| Ukr | Ukrainian |
