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Majaka (Majakas)

Lighthouse, beacon. After the nearby Tallinna Ülemine Tuletorn, or Tallinn upper lighthouse. See Tuletorni and Valge.

Malmi (Malm)

Cast iron. After local iron foundry. Scrap iron is malmimurd. (see Väomurru). The word also designates a sort of loamy earth especially good for brick-making. Prolonged by Valgevase.

Mändmetsa J. (Jakob Mändmets, 1871-1930)

Writer. Author of short stories about village life. Contributor to the Tartu Postimees and Tallinn’s Uus Aeg. Editor (1906-1910) of Päevaleht. Died on Christmas Day, acquiring a past for a present.

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