Kaali (Kaal[ikas])
Name of a field of ten craters on Saaremaa caused by a meteorite landing variously around 1690-1510 BCE (as dated by accelerator mass spectrometry) or, less probably, 7500 BCE (radiocarbon and palynological analyses). As it slowed down in the atmosphere to an impact speed of some 10-20 km/s, it broke into pieces and the largest, comparable to a small atomic bomb, left a hole 110 m in diameter and 22 m deep. Go to ///flunking.refuse.supermarket. Understandably, even its mythology has its own mythology. In fact, the street is named after the swede, turnip, rape or rutabaga, and shouldn’t be here anyway, belonging to the Laagri township (outside Tallinn) fruit an’ veg section along with Tomati, Selleri, et al. Also of interest is that the Saaremaa name of Kaali has nothing to do with root vegetables but comes from the von Gahlen family who owned an estate there from 16th C to 1729. In southern Estonia, Setumaa in particular, kaal:kaali is a headscarf.
Karuvildiku (‘Karuvildik’?)
Not quite sure. Lit. “bear-felt boot” (“bearskin boot”?). Felt, vilt:vildi, from MLG vilt, filt, from PIE *hwel or *hwol is cognate with wool (Norw. ull, Ger. Wolle, whence Est. vill:ville) and which, due to the turning/rubbing/rolling/churning movements in making it, raises questions as to its relation to ‘wheel’ via the root *hwl/hl > *kwel- to revolve or move round, thence *kw(e)-kwl-o- wheel and circle – comments welcome. Given its company, fair to assume it could be (intended as?) the name of a moss, although quite a thorough search found no mention of the name. Closest we get is kännuvildik, the aulacomnium or lover’s moss, Aulacomnium androgynum. Street not actually in Tallinn but 300 m away in neighbouring Laagri. See also Käolina.
Koore (Koor)
Cream. Listed in TT although not, actually, in Tallinn. Be this as it may, we keep it for the entertainment value of which it has, for those of goldfish intellects, well, not much actually: formerly known as Kirsi. And in the present case, given its tree-related neighbours, it means bark (other translations include skin or peel). But still not in Tallinn.
Bastioni aed (0)
Bastion. Not a street, but a garden/park named in 1989 for its proximity to the Tallinn defensive walls, and no longer a garden, but a terrace?... Located at ///fidget.slightly.below, which is not much help. In fact, you need to go through the current (2025) occupants of Viru värav 23, the Tai Boh restaurant, up the stairs, and through the back to discover a faux grass floor of outdoor dining. What lies beneath, we know not.