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.

Vana-Merivälja (Vana-Merivälja)

Road perpendicular to Merivälja itself at its junction with Ranna.

Vana-Mustamäe (Vana-Mustamägi)

Sometimes known too as Sinisemägi, blue mountain (but see Sinimäe for what it looks like from a distance in the mist). With a quick boing as Trampliini (1965-67), and previously known as plain old Mustamäe and variants Черногорская (Chernogorskaya), which also back-translates as Montenegrin, and Hohenhauptstraße, a 1926 ‘translation’ of MLG hoghe hoved (see Kõrgepea nukk), Sinise mäe (1919) and Синегорская (Sinegorskaya), both meaning blue mountain. See Mäe for discussion.

Vana-Pärnu (Vana-Pärnu)

Old Pärnu. Whether this actually was the ‘old’ road to Parnu remains to be determined. At least, it didn’t seem to be in 1914…

Vanemuise (Vanemuine)

God of music composed by Faehlmanni F.R. and Weizenberg A. in their Estonian mythology, name borrowed from Finnish Väinämöinen of folklore and Kalevala fame, giving its name to a theatre in Tartu. The name may well come from Finnish väinämö, minstrel, but see Väina (my original interpretation that it came from ‘old’, vanha in Finnish and vana in Estonian (or vanem, elder, see Kuninga), is almost certainly wrong, and some people wouldn’t say ‘almost’). Part of a small Estonian mythology street-name group. See Haldja.