Names
Rähni (Rähn)
Woodpecker. The following breed in Estonia:
- Hallpea-rähn aka hallrähn, grey-headed woodpecker, Picus canus
- Laanerähn aka kolmvarvas-rähn, three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus
- Musträhn, black woodpecker, Dryocopus martius
- Suur-kirjurähn, great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
- Tamme-kirjurähn, middle spotted woodpecker, Den. medius
- Valgeselg-kirjurähn, white-backed woodpecker, Den. leucotos
- Väike-kirjurähn, lesser spotted woodpecker, Den. minor.
Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets.See also Rästa.
Rahu tänav (1] Rahu; 2] Rahu; 3] Rahu; or 4] Rahk)
There are two streets called Rahu: tänav and tee (see Rahu tee), this is in Nõmme, an ordinary mind-you-own-business street. Various meanings: a) rahu [1] i.e. reef, a geographical feature found in more littoral areas, and rahu [2] means quiet, but given its location next to Raudtee, calling it quiet, calm or tranquil may seem like misleading advertising; on the other hand, Hiiu-Rahu kalmistu (cemetery), a place of quiet, tranquility if ever there was one, is just across the track. Then again, the equally possible translation of shingle, gravel, rubble or scree (rahk [4]) seems appropriate too and, despite nearby hospitals, we will exclude kidney or gland (rahu [3]) as too gruesome a street name, even for Tallinn. Checking Kivi’s TT, we find it was known as Friedenstrasse in 1922, so peace and quiet all round it is.
Rahu tee (Rahu)
There are two streets called Rahu: tänav and tee (see Rahu tänav), this is in Lasnamäe, an intended prospekt, or tree-lined avenue (influenced by St Petersburg’s Nevski Prospekt), planned by shiny Soviet propagoptimism to run parallel to then Oktobri prospekt, now Laagna tee), reduced to a housing-estate’s service road, with much of the original track hiding in the bushes.
