Names
Priimula (Priimula)
Primrose, primula, apparently any member of the large Primula family, along with the auricula, cowslip and oxlip. One of the Mähe flower-name group, see Rebasesaba.
Priimurru (Priimurd)
Surface (lit. ‘free’) or open-pit mine. No prizes for guessing what you’ll find at the end of the street. See Väomurru.
Priisle (Priisle) 
Street and Sub-district of Lasnamäe, suburb a few km (±5) WSW of Tallinn center. Named after earlier farm or hamlet it was built upon. For reasons I confess I am unlikely ever to fathom, the District name changed from Priisli in 1970, which was already a definite improvement on its previous 6. Lasnamäe mikrorajoon (6th Lasnamäe Microdistrict), and the same name change followed suit for the street in 1989 (also previously known as Iru Invaliidide Kodu tee or Iru nursing-home street, perhaps related to Hooldekodu). Settlements recorded as far back as the Bronze Age.
Printsu (Prints)
Strictly Printsi, Estonianized name of legendary troubadour P. R. Nelson who, legend has it, took this road to meet an anonymous lady (“Jane Doe”) claimed to be “the most beautiful girl in the world” in a nearby park. Lies, all lies…
Promenaadi (Promenaad)
Promenade, a one-time ring road in the 1880s which is proving remarkably hard to pin down. KNAB lists it as having 3 main name-types: promenade (Promenadi, Promenaden-Straße, Променадная), boulevard (Boulevardstraße, Бульварская), and ring (Ringstraße, Der Ring, Ringweg), but nothing conclusive found (yet) on any maps or other useful documents despite the length of the road, passing through the Sub-dsitricts (clockwise) of Sadama, Vanalinn, Südalinn, Tatari, Tõnismäe, Kassisaba, Kelmiküla and Kalamaja. For the other historical Promenaadi, see Männi.
Pronksi (Pronks)
Bronze. Renamed (1974-1990), along with Jõe and Liivalaia, as Kingissepa V. during the Soviet occupation. One of a metals street group. See Raua.







