Piipheina (Piiphein)

Woodrush, Luzula spp. Lit. pipe hay, like Piibelehe, its name may be due to it’s cylindrical stems. One day, the street will rise from its hidden location in the woods close to a car park not far from Tallinn TV Tower. Maybe.

Piiri (Piir)

Border, boundary. The border (couple of hundred meters to the north) being that between Pääsküla and Nõmme. Also one-time site of a Soviet short- to medium-range missile base, apparently aiming at Scandinavia. Part of a 3-street Pääsküla-Nõmme border zone, see Raja.

Pikakase (Pikakask)

Tall birch. Name chosen to replace its former one of Soone põik (NB: different location). Since a põik should at least have the decency of springing off a tänav or similar, and this one ‘started’ at Trummi then gave up halfway, its prior name was abandoned.

Pikri (Pikker)

Also spelled Piker, lit. the ‘long one’ (Slender Man?). Mythological personification of thunder, aka Pikse*, etc., probably related to Perkūnas* of the Lithuanians (*for both, see Pikse). Renamed (1979-1995) as Pasternaki M. during the late Soviet occupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See Saarepiiga.

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