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Peterburi (0)
Saint Petersburg (1703-1914 & 1991-), sometimes Peterburg in the nominative, capital of Russian Empire for over 200 years. Previously known as Petrograd (1914-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991) and may also be known locally as just Питер (Peter). Founded a few km upstream of Nyenskans, a Swedish fortress on the Neva captured at the end of the Great Northern War. No prizes for guessing the street was renamed Leningradi from 1948 to 1992. In the early 20th C, St Peterburg, with some 60,000 Estonians living there, was ‘the largest Estonian city’. This street is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague.
Pidu (0)
Festival, feast, banquet, public celebration. Odd, the genitive of pidu is peo, and Laulupeo (1923) corrected itself two years after initially naming itself Laulupidu, and this was created in 1927... Crosses Leina suggesting the ‘party’ might actually have been the wake... But, no, named for nearby square hosting folk festivals, the nominative hinting at a longer history of festival usage.
Pihlaka (Pihlakas)
Aka harilik pihlakas, rowan, common or European rowan, mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Considered a holy tree. Its berries are an important food for many Estonian birds. Group of berry streets near the Liiva kalmistu. See Pihlamarja.
Pihlamarja (Pihlamari)
Alternative name for pihlakamari, the rowanberry, 3 of which are native to Estonia:
- Harilik pihlakas, aka pihelgas, pihlak, pihl, pihlapuu and probably others, rowan or mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia
- Tuhkpihlakas, rock whitebeam, S. rupicola (some confusion as to Latin name)
- Valge pihlakas, whitebeam or common whitebeam, S. aria, aka Aria edulis
- Poop or Pooppuu (the titterlicious poop:pooba does not seem to occur elsewhere in Estonian and is thought to derive from either MLG bȫke or Swed. bok [beech], and Puu will tell you more so get your mind out of the gutter), Swedish whitebeam, Scandosorbus intermedia
Group of berry streets near the Liiva kalmistu. See Pohla.
