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Pirita (Pirita) 
After Birgitta Birgersdotter, Saint Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373. The Brigittine sisters first arrived in Estonia in 1412, five years after its founding. Host to the annual Birgitta Music Festival, in 2020 the convent numbered 10 nuns of Mexican or Indian origin. Previously (1920) spelled Piirita. Owes its fame largely to Bornhöhe’s novel Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimsed päevad, Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Convent (1893), converted into a historical adventure film, Viimne reliikvia, The Last Relic, by Grigori Kromanov (1969). The Estonian present-day first name Piret derives from Birgitta/Pirita. One of Tallinn’s 8 Districts (Linnaosad). It includes the following Asumid (Sub-districts): Iru, Kloostrimetsa, Kose, Laiaküla, Lepiku, Maarjamäe, Merivälja, Mähe and Pirita. See Põhja-Tallinn.
Plangu (Plank)
Plank, board, fence, railing, palisade. Probably named for (an apparently now-defunct) local sawmill.
Plasti (Plast)
Plastic. Named after the Salvo plastics company once located at Leningradi 81. Founded in Tallinn in 1948 as a cooperative-artel for disabled people, employing 15, it grew into one of Estonia’s largest companies. At its peak, its 1150-plus staff manufactured products ranging from bakelite utensils, dolls, board games, goggles and helmets, to skis and hockey pucks. Following Restoration of Independence, the company was gradually sold off and, in 2008, one year after the street’s naming, liquidated. Road planned to run (one day) from Peterburi to Punane.
