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A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, a couple of entries still pending, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1889 of the 1891 articles entered, 1 or 2 links may go nowhere.

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

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Marana (Maran)

Cinquefoil, Potentilla, herb of the rose family. Its English name comes from the French: ‘five-leaves’, and may also be called ‘five-fingers’. Another English name refers to the similarly in appearance but not taste of its fruit: ‘barren strawberry’.

Marati (Jean-Paul Marat, 1743-1793)

Swiss-born French revolutionary, possible inventor of a cure for gonorrhea, friend of Angelika Kauffmann, murdered in bathtub by Charlotte Corday. Clothing factory named after him by Sovietized workers.

Martsa (Martsa)

A Middle-Ordovician limestone, probably after the eponymous village (pop. 30) in Ida-Virumaa close to the Russian border where ‘Martsa pank’ (see Panga) aka(?) ‘Martsa paljand’ (see Paljandi) were first identified. Rocky matrix also host to fossilized Martsaphyton moxi, once believed to be the oldest land plant (1926) but now recognized to be a sessile cnidarian. We leave the Rectanguloceras cephalopod trocholites to another day. One of a loose geological collective, see Paasiku.

Märtsikellukese (Märtsikellukene)

Snowflake, aka snowbell and dewdrop (Leucojum spp.). Lit. little March bell. Not to be confused with the snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis or harilik lumikelluke (see Lumikellukese). Longest single-word streetname ex aequo with Vabaõhumuuseumi, 15 letters.

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