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Laevastiku (Laevastik)
Fleet, shipping, navy. Close to Paljassaare harbor.
Lagedi (?)
Manor house outside Tallinn first mentioned in 1397, name derived from German Laakt. Belonged in late 16th C to first-known of the line of Hans Wachtmeisters, apparently born in Hiiumaa and adopted his name (lit. Watch sergeant) while in the German army before emigrating to Sweden in 1569. Settlements date back to late Bronze Age.
Lageloo (Lagelood)
Lage means open, bare or bleak, and loo is the genitive of three words: lugu (story); loog (swath, of grass); and lood, a synonym of Alvari. Since its nearest listed neighbor is the Alvari mentioned above, and since it is located atop the mournful marsh named Tondiraba, it must represent the appealing address of “Bleak limestone region covered with thin topsoil and stunted vegetation” road, and since half of this and all of its benighted neighbor Rähkloo are not even on the map, we can extend the definition to include “but where roads haven’t been bloody built yet”.
Lahepea (Lahepea)
Over/On the bight, gulf, cove, inlet (Bight heights?...) would be today’s translation and seems to be named after a former village on the S shore of Kopli bay, first recorded (DEPn) as Laddienpeh, Ladwenpe (1440) and Laddipe (1592). But there is some uncertainty between this and Tiskre, a village on the S shore of Kakumäe bay some 6 km WNW. Both present similar features: a village with a river flowing NW into the bay, so confusion is understandable. While Lahepea village has often (and almost certainly erroneously) been positioned at the mouth of the river Tiskre and the (now probably dried-up) river itself called variously Lafddienpäh or Laddenpähe, the village Tiskre seems not to have suffered such ignominy. Since Laddienpe, the locality, not river, was indicated in 1631 as on a beach close to Harku lake, the nearest one would indeed be on Kopli bay (see Õismäe). Also northernmost section of the Kõrgepinge bicycle- and foot-path. See Lahe.
