Sossimäe (Sossimägi)

Intriguing! Firstly, it seems this is a ‘legacy name’, i.e. one that locals are familiar with, but dates, confirmation and origin myths are all missing. The plot development company chose the name, unwisely perhaps given its primary meaning of duffer, dud, clown or joker, inept or weak-willed person (someone a Brit might call a ‘tosser’!) or all or any of the other names I’ve had suggested: wimp, crackpot, stumblebum, maladroit, dud, etc., and a soss-sepp (see Sepa) could be a bodger, bungler or jerry-builder (from the marketing perspective, think Sipelga). The word could also be an onomatopœia conveying a hissing sound, or something steamy, both of which could correspond to the noise made by the former paper-mills’ chimneys; for some, it’s also synonymous with toss, or fizzling out (related to sosima, to whisper); and, lastly, possibly, poor-quality sandy loam. Street delineation still ill-defined and still (2025) being built around the back of Fahle kvartal, whose nightclub is also called Sossi.

Sõstra (Sõstar)

Currant. Three varieties indigenous to Estonia:

• Mage sõstar (lit. ‘bland’ currant, it is rather tasteless), alpine currant, Ribes alpinum
• Must sõstar, common-or-garden blackcurrant, R. nigrum
• Karvane sõstar (lit. ‘furry’ currant), rarer, the wild or downy currant, R. spicatum
• Punane sõstar, the redcurrant, R. rubrum, will grow, with a little encouragement.

One of a group of berry streets in Lilleküla Sub-district. See also Vaarika.

Sõstramäe (Sõstramägi)

Lit. currant hill (see Mäe for discussion). There used to be a farm of that name some 400 m away due S.

Sõudebaasi (Sõudebaas)

Rowing base. Road leading to same on Harku järv (lake).

Spordi (Sport)

Sport, athletics, exercise. Named in 1955(?) for a planned sportsground nearby. Today, the area is better known for the sporting facilities on the other side of the (railway) track, e.g. the A. Le Coq, Sportland and Nike stadia., etc.