Names
Lumiste J.
(Johannes Lumiste, dates unknown)
Red Army lieutenant whose claim to fame seems to be his having removed, in 1944, the black swastika on its white background from a Nazi flag and climbing to the top of Pikk Hermann to hoist the resulting red flutter of freedom for all to admire. Soviet occupation renaming (1979-1995) of Varraku.
Lurenburgi torn (0) 
Last built (1538–1554) but not last demolished (1767) Tallinn tower. Sometimes spelled Lurenbergi, Luhrenburgi or Luerborch, the first recorded name was Lurerborch and its origins are not clear. Ignoring the relatively flimsy evidence for an eponymous Mr Luer (ditto Bernd von der Borch, master of the Livonian Order, 1471–1483), the name can be broken down into two MLG words lūren and borch, the former meaning to lurk, deceive, or lie in wait secretly, and the latter, among others, castle or fortress. If so, and since lūren’s counterpart lūrære would give rise to Mod. Est. luuraja, military scout, spy, or just plain lookout, and being designed as a smaller-scale canon tower (like Paks Margareeta) outside the wall protecting Harju Gate, (see Harju värav), the original name may come from its function as roundel or redoubt-like lookout and reconnaissance tower. Maybe.
Luste (Luste)
Brome grass. Part of a cereal-names street zone. See also Maisi.
Lutheri (Luther)
After the nearby Luther’s Furniture and Veneer Factory (A. M. Lutheri vabrik or just Lutheri vabrik) founded by Alexander Martin Luther in 1880, first of a line of innovative plywood furniture manufacturers. Check out the façade at Vana-Lõuna 37. NB: Streets called Lutheri (or similar) come in 3 varieties: 1) this one; and former iterations of 2. Lastekodu (but different Luther); and 3. Wiedemanni F.J. (AML).
Lüüsi (Lüüs)
Sluice, lock. Word derived from Old Dutch slūsa, meaning gated water barrier, ultimately from a Lat. formulation first recorded in 1139 as exitum aquarum, quem sluse vocant (an outlet for water, which they call a sluse) generating the Belgian placename Sluizen it referred to. In time, the exitum aquarum shifted to exclusa aqua (water separated or isolated [by barrage]) and thence to Old French escluse. Given its naming in 2008 along with Madalmaa and Poldri), its Dutch connection refers to its location in an area that used to be called Uus Holland (New Holland) due to its gradual rise from the sea over the past 200 years and hence its former waterlogged soil and rivers (see Paljassaare). Streets now occupying some of the wasteland north of Tuukri.
