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Külaniidu (Külaniit)

Village meadow. Like English ‘Meadow’ which derives from PIE *me-, to cut down grass or grain, niit seems to share a similar relation with niitma, to mow or scythe. Street representing one-sixth of the highways of Aegna island. See also Tagamaa.

Kurikneeme (Kurikneem)

Kurik’s Cape (point, headland, foreland) on Aegna island. Just south (±150m) of the cape at the end of this road is what looks like a group of erratic boulders with the very exotic name of Kliuhkakari, and south of that (±300m) are two other groups, Sitakari and Punakivi. While the first part of the first one sounds related to Russian ключ (klyuch), key (but why?), the second name could mean ‘shit rocks’ (check out Peldikukari at the northern tip of the same island, see Kari) and the third (there’s a Punane kivi on Prangli island 15 km ENE), why not, ‘ruddy rocks’? Interestingly, while a group of erratics is called a blockfield or a felsenmeer, (lit. sea of rock) couldn’t we twist the meaning of the latter slightly and use it for maritime blockfields? Please. See also Külaniidu. For other erratic-themed locations, see Lindakivi.

Tagamaa (Tagamaa)

Hinterland, back country, heartland. Named after a settlement / village founded by Swedes in the north of Aegna’s neighbor Naissaar and nicknamed Tagaküla (or Swedish Bakbyn, both lit. ‘back’village, although ‘beyond’village may be more appropriate due to its location north of the island’s 2nd village Lõunaküla, i.e. southern village aka Sw. Storbyn or big village). For the sake of completion, the 3rd village is Väikeheinamaa (Sw. Lillängin, Mod. Sw. would end in -en), or little meadow. See also Eerikneeme.

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