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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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Muhu (Muhu)

Island between mainland Estonia and Saaremaa. Also muhk:muhu, bump, swelling (chilblains are külmamuhud) and, for those who still remember them, bubonic boil, but one hopes the street-naming committee did not have quite so much imagination. Part of an Estonian island group, see Saaremaa.

Mulla (Muld)

Earth, soil. Of possible mixed interpretation. There used to be clay pits in the area extensive enough for local brick factory/ies(?) to dig for raw materials. See Mullamaa for related discussion.

Mullamaa (Mullamaa)

Term not found in any bilingual online dictionary. Saagpakk gives ‘mold’, EKSS gives various explanations revolving around rich, piled-up earth, and sonaveeb.ee suggests rohke mullaga, mullakas maa, so I’m going with this: ‘rich loamy land or soil’. Mulla põik since 1958 then this from 2017. Street abutting Kesa. Pending... Can any agronomists help here?

Muraka (Murakas)

Berry of the Rubus genus. Three main varieties in Estonia

  • Põldmurakas aka põldmari, dewberry, Rubus caesius
  • Mesimurakas, arctic raspberry, R. arcticus
  • Rabamurakas, cloudberry or bakeapple, R. chamaemorus, the one most commonly understood as murakas

See Kaarla. Close to Muuluka.

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