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Kraavi (Kraav)
Ditch, trench, fosse. And there does seem to be one on the W side of the street, TBC.
Kreegi (Kreek)
Bullace, wild damson, Prunus domestica ssp. institia. But thought (?) to be after a local homeowner’s name. See also Nelgi.
Kriibi (?)
Former farm name. Meaning very uncertain: verb kriipima means to scratch, graze or scar, but not sure where that leads (see Hallivanamehe). Possibly a variant of a Russian loan word, гривы (grivy) meaning ‘long, low, gently sloping hills’ (possible, given the street’s surrounding topography), ‘peasant settlements on wasteland or floodplain’ hence ‘Soviet resettlement’, ‘river meanders’ or ‘oxbows’ or from грива ‘old river, river mouth’, akin to Latvian grīva ‘river mouth’. Nothing certain here. And street doesn’t seem to be built yet… See Pauna.
