Names
Tehnika (Tehnika)
Technical science, technology, engineering; technique, equipment. Named after nearby Raudtee Tehnikakool, railway technical college.
Tehumardi (Tehumardi)
Village in southern Saaremaa where a brutal battle between Russians and Germans was the beginning of the end of German presence on the island. Monument erected in 1967. Village first recorded in 1645 as Theomarte after a farm based on two names: Theo, via Tehu, from an abbreviation of Stefanus, and Marte, prob. from Martinus. Soviet occupation renaming (1979-1995) of Vilisuu.
Teisepere (Teisepere)
Neighbours / Next-door neighbours, lit. second or other family. May also be spelled teise pere or teispere aka teistre (although most people say naaber these days: idanaaber, for example, ‘eastern neighbor’, is another way of saying ‘Russian’). Former farm / family name. Farm group. See also Toomapere.
