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Admiraliteedi [bassein] (Admiraliteet)
Formerly known as Laevaremonditehase bassein, (from laev (ship), remont (repair), tehas workshop), i.e. shipyard, Admiraliteedi bassein or Admiralty dock was commissioned by Peter I in 1714 to service the Russian Navy. Today, it is used for the more peaceful purposes of yachting.
Aedvilja (Aedvili)
Vegetables, greens, after a large market garden nearby in the 19th C or earlier. Formerly recorded as Aiavilja (same thing?) (1908-1938) and Galkini (1870-1882) after Mikhail Nikolaiyevich Galkin-Vraskoy 1834-1916 (Михаил Николаевич Галкин-Враской), head of the Governorate of Estonia from 1868-70. Temporarily known by the bilingual Estonian-Russian concoction of Põik uulits (±cross-street road, 1885), but the eat-your-veggies connection kicked back in in 1882 with Gemüsestraße and Овощная ул., the translations of which I’m sure you understand.
Abara (Abar)
Multi-part net for catching fish: either the longer version with three funnel-shaped nets preventing return, or the trammel net, consisting of both fine and wide mesh, where the fish pushes the former through the latter, trapping itself in the resulting pouch. At various stages of Tallinn’s past, new or developing neighborhoods were given names revolving around a common theme. This one – on the Kakumäe peninsula, site of former fish-processing and -refrigeration plants – is part of a fishing-tackle group, see Ahingu, interspersed among a fish name group, see Ahvena.
