Vihuri (Vihur)

Whirlwind. Renamed under the Soviet occupation along with Tuulemaa (1953?-1995) as Belinski V.. Oddly, the streets join the same road, Kari, but don’t actually meet. Perhaps the wind and the lack of connections merited its association with a literary critic?...

Viimsi (Viimsi)

Name of a small borough and manor house (German: Wiems) located a few km east of Tallinn, first mentioned in 1471. Settlements date back to late Bronze Age.

Viirpuu (Viirpuu)

The Hawthorn, none of the Estonian species seem to have an English name, so I’ll create some and see what that does to the botanical nomenclature:

• Daugava viirpuu, Divine hawthorn, C. dunensis
• Eesti viirpuu, Lumpy hawthorn, C. estonica
• Harilik viirpuu, Basic hawthorn, C. rhipidophylla
• Kupfferi viirpuu, Trouty hawthorn, C. kupfferi
• Kuramaa viirpuu, de Troyes’ hawthorn, Crataegus curonica
• Lääne-viirpuu, facepalm hawthorn, C. palmstruchii
• Lindmani viirpuu, Harpy hawthorn, C. lindmanii
• Rand-viirpuu, Holiday hawthorn, C. maritima
• Saaremaa viirpuu, WeirdO hawthorn, C. osiliensis
• Viidumäe viirpuu, Tarry-up-the-Hill Hawthorn, C. viidumaegica.