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Gaasi (Gaas)
Gas. The word ‘gas’ is believed to have been created by Dutch scientist Jan Baptist van Helmont (1579-1644) as his mother-tongue pronunciation (/χɑs/ or /ɣɑs/) of Anc. Greek χάος – chaos, thus named, apparently, because of his surprise that gas was so disorganized: “halitum illum, Gas vocavi, non longe à Chao”: (I called that vapor Gas, not far removed from Chaos). Anagram of Saagi. Part of a loose construction-materials group. See Paneeli.
Fulfordi-tagune torn (0) 
Commonly used but incorrect name of Wulfardi-tagune torn.
Forelli (Forell)
Trout. Could be one of the Salmonids: meriforell, sea trout, Salmo trutta morpha trutta, or jõeforell (lit. river trout) aka hõrnas, brown trout, S. t. m. fario (these two are actually the same species, but whereas the former is anadromic, or spends most of its life the sea and returns to the river to spawn, the latter is essentially freshwater); or the variously named harjus, harjakas, (both from hari:harja, crest, due to its large dorsal fin), ärn, õrn (these two names derived from the above hõrnas) or hõbeforell (lit. silver trout), grayling, Thymallus thymallus; or vikerforell: the steelhead, rainbow or ocean trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, renamed from Richardson’s S. gairdneri. For those tempted by logo-erotic nomenclature, the mykiss part of the name bears no relation to ichthyandric osculation, but comes from the fish’s Kamchatkan name ‘mykizha’, original spelling unsure, my Kamchatkan’s a little rusty. Named after local trout farm.
Estonia (Estonia)
Named in 1923 after the Estonia theater and concert hall, built 1911-13. According to TT, known previously as Peters-Promenade (Peter’s Promenade), Vene turu promenaad (Russian-Market Promenade, but see Viru väljak), Promenaad (Promenade), Der Ring/Ringstraße (Ring Road, or part of it, along with Mere puiestee and others but don’t ask which), Gogoli puiestee (Gogol Avenue), Karjavärava puiestee (Cattle gate avenue), Vabaduse puiestee (Freedom avenue), Viruvärava puiestee (Viru gate avenue), and perhaps many, many others. No.11 was the Estonian Red Card HQ. After two of them, non‑Communist footballers would be sent off to Siberia.
