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A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, a couple of entries still pending, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1889 of the 1891 articles entered, 1 or 2 links may go nowhere.

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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. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

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Kedriku (Kedrik)

Moth of the lasiocampid family, aka eggars or snout moths. Common to Estonia are lehekedrik, the lappet, Gastropacha quercifolia; männikedrik, the pine-tree lappet, Dendrolimus pini; rohukedrik, the drinker, Euthrix potatoria (name said due to its penchant for dew); and aia-rõngakedrik, disrespectfully known as ‘the lackey’, Malacosoma neustria; as well as its lowlier cousin niidu-rõngakedrik, the ground lackey, M. castrense, rare in Estonia, other than Saaremaa. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Kirilase.

Keeru (Keerd)

Lay, turn, coil. Also used in yarn manufacture for the direction of twist, e.g. s-keerd or z-keerd, S- or Z-twist, usually measured in tpi, or twists per inch. Two-ply yarns will tend to use one of each. Named, apparently, after the shape of the street which, relative to most Tallinn thoroughfares, is straight as a die...

Keevise (Keevis)

Weld. Part of a mini iron-working group of streets behind Ülemiste shopping center. See also Lõõtsa.

Kelluka (Kellukas)

Campanula spp., bellflower, with dozens of varieties: kerakellukas, clustered harebell; ümaralehine kellukas, harebell; kurekellukas, creeping bellflower; etc. See also Lehise. One of a meadow flower or grass group. See Kesalille.

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