Võistluse (Võistlus)
Competition, rivalry. Named after the Komsomol Stadium, now known as Kalevi Keskstaadion. Formerly known as Aafrika (1885-1955) for its fields of shifting-sand (dunes?) associated with or, strangely, reminiscent of Africa.
Veskiposti (Veskipost)
Aka Lutheri Post. Station on the former Tallinn-Viljandi narrow-gauge railway. Short for Veskipostijaam, where postijaam was a combination railway station cum postal service, as in stage post, probably named after a former watermill on the nearby now-covered Härjapea river. Bearing in mind that milling, or the authority to mill, used to be the apanage of a knight, noble or other member of the ruling-class, this would probably have originated as a kõrvalmõis (see Mõisa).
Lillepi (?)
Park laid out on former poolmõis or perhaps karjamõis (see Mõisa) of that name, recorded as Lillupi (1874), Lellepe (?) and Lylli perre (1689), where the -pi ending just seems to be a shortening or -pere. Poss. related to Lillevere (Lillæuæræ, 1241) but origin unsure.
Räni (Räni)
Silicon. Street hovering between existence (1959) and virtuality (2013) in town-planners’ minds and builders’ pockets. Known previously as Kotka (Adlerstraße / Орлиная ул), and Надеждинская (1925) (Nadežda), but who this was is not clear: Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin’s second wife, who committed suicide 7 years’ later at the age of 31? Or just Nadežda, Russian for ‘hope’?