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Herne (Hernes)
Pea. One of a mini edible staples group. Close to Naeri.
Endla (Endla)
Name of a lake, bog, basin, region and nature reserve in central Estonia, home to the white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and osprey. The lake is home also to Juta, the Maid of Järve, a Muse-like fairy capable of evoking the past. Speaking of which, previous name Wittenhofi after former burgomeister. Remains of the manor, bought up by Koba (see Tarabella) in 1904, were converted into plots, effectively initiating the Lilleküla district, starting with (working outwards) Mineraali, Metalli, Mehaanika and Keemia (Oddly, while Kivi lists them as dating 1904, for KNAB it’s 1923, perhaps unofficial local records vs official?).
Kitseküla (Kitseküla) 
Lit. Goat’s village or goatsville. Said to be named after the area being a former pasture for goats. Now, I’m sorry and all that, and not trying to be a party-pooper here, but didn’t the celebrated old 750-mm kitsarööpmeline (narrow-gauge, see Kitsarööpa) line get laid here in 1901 (rebuilt later to ‘standard’ laiarööpmeline (wide-gauge) of 1520 mm in 1973), the contour of which pretty much matches the NNE stretch of the Sub-district to a tee? And, west of that, nothing to see on the 1914 map of Tallinn but Landhäuser (which we may lightly translate as suvemõisad, summer estates, see Mõisa)… while that of 1876 states simply Die Christinenthäler Wiesen (Kristiine heinamaa, Kristiine Meadows, see Kristiine), with nothing but the Diakonisside Asutis (Deaconesses’ Institution) where the future station would (roughly) be. If a name to symbolize the area was ever looked for, surely one related to the Deaconesses would come first, unless their work entitled them to the epithet ‘goat’? I think not. The first cartographic mention of Kitseküla itself seems to be that of the 1921 Tallinna Plaan (map of Tallinn) published by K-Ü. „Rahvaülikool” (TBC), followed in 1922 by Estonia’s Military Topography Dept. (TBC), also printing the name next to a plot of narrow-gauge shunting lines. Not a single reference to caprids anywhere. Comments welcome!
