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Toonela (Toonela)
Realm of the dead, exact location uncertain. Toone is either ‘ancestor’ or ‘realm of the dead’, too. In fact, this street leads SW to Tallinn’s cemetery area, bounded by Filtri, Magasini and Herne. Clockwise (sorta) from Toonela there are: Siselinna Kalmistu, the city (lit. ‘within-the-city’) cemetery, divided into Aleksander Nevski (W) and Kaarli (E) cemeteries, due S is the Kaitseväe (Defence Forces) cemetery with its Pronkssõdur (bronze soldier) statue of the Soviet soldier died fighting in Estonia. SW of that there used to be (all dates unchecked) a Muslim cemetery, with the rather inept German designation of Mohamed. Kirchhof, or Mohammedan Churchyard. Further west was an old Jewish cemetery in the fork at the southern end of Magasini and, lastly, NW is the location of the former Catholic cemetery, due W of a street once known as Surnuaia with all its attendant variations that you can read about here: Staadioni.
Tiskre (Tiskre) 
After the river and one-time manor house. Sub-district and residential area some 12 km west of Tallinn center. Parts of the street renamed (1995) as Jõeoti and Räime. Name first mentioned in 1522 as Tiszkeranne (Tiskre beach) and in 1531 as Diskerkkulle (Tiskre village), from the MLG name Discher, probably related to modern German Tischler, carpenter or furniture maker. The river Tiskre runs 4.6 km from Harku lake to Kakumäe bay.
