Kilpjala (Kilpjalg)
Bracken, aka brake, aka eagle fern, Pteridium aquilinum. Yet another of those delightful names (lit. shield leg) rejected by a local… And so, instead of this or Raunjala, they went for Käokõrva. This is also one of those TIL moments: bracken is not at all the harsh and brambly growth it sounds like, but the very lovely and leafy fern so common in woodland. Lives in colonies which can achieve ages of 500 years of more.
Kitsekakra (Kitsekakar)
Lit. goat’s camomile. Street no longer exists, but it’s a nice name, leopard’s bane, Doronicum orientale, so it stays; not to be confused with kitsekakar-ristirohi, no English name, Senecio doronicum. And it was in Maardu anyway :o(
Kolhoosi (Kolhoos)
Kolkhoz, contraction of коллективное хозяйство (kollektivnoje hozjaistvo, collective ownership) or collective farm. Euphemism for USSR bankruptcy. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1990) of Gildi.
Komsomoli (Komsomol)
Youth wing of the Soviet Union Communist Party: the Communist Union of Youth. Well over half of today’s adult Russian population is believed to have once been a member (which might explain a thing or two…). See also Pioneeride. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1991) of Suur-Ameerika.