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Metsniku (Metsnik)
Forester, woodman, gamekeeper. One of an occupational street-name group. See Raiduri.
Miinisadama (Miinisadam)
Not mini-harbor but Mine Harbor, built in the very early 1900s as ‘Peter the Great Harbor’ to service ships involved with mines. Group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Noblessneri.
Möldre (?)
After the name of a former farm ‘amalgamation’ built up by Jaan Teemant (1872-1941?), lawyer, attorney general and Estonian Head of State (riigivanem) from 1925-1927 and 1932, presumed assassinated by the NKVD in 1941. The actual meaning of möldre is uncertain, but could well be an alternative genitive of mölder, miller (ought be möldri, a common name in Estonian villages, lakes, rivers, and other geographical thingies all over the place). Either way, Möldre is not a rare name in Estonia, with six farms and various ‘celebs’ bearing the name, including Vassili Mölder-Proletaarlane, 1878-1943, poet and revolutionary with 8 years inside for agitprop; Hugo-Johannes Möldre, 1896-1983, soldier and politician; and two Mari Möldres, one, an actress (1890-1974), occasionally sequestrated for anti-Soviet humor, and the other a cello-player from Urban Symphony, Estonia’s attempt to recapture the Eurovision hearts, ears, and advertising budgets of millions with their proud ditty Rändajad.
Mõõna (Mõõn)
Ebb, low tide. Ebb and flow is mõõn ja tõus, and the street does indeed meet up with Tõusu.
