Tungla (Tungal)

1) Firebrand (cf. Icelandic and Old Norse tungl, moon); 2) Smut, blight, rust (plant mold or fungus). But neither one nor the other. Originally Sõpruse (1952-58), street renamed some 30 years after the Taara and Vanemuise group surrounding it, and a search in Kalevipoeg reveals it to be a mythical kingdom whose son and heir comes to press his suit on Linda but, like his four predecessors, gets taken to the cleaners. Also a well-known song by Kuhlbarsi F. and Hermanni K.A., Kungla rahvas (people of Kungla). Derived from Swedish kungliga (royal, kingly) and thought to be calqued on Gotland.