Tallinn
the town Lindanisa: Lyndanisse in Danish, Lindanäs in Swedish, also mentioned as
Ledenets in Old East Slavic. According to some theories the name derived from
mythical Linda, the wife of Kalev and the mother of Kalevipoeg. who in an Estonian
legend carried rocks to her husband's grave that formed the Toompea hill.
It has been also suggested that in the context the meaning of linda in the archaic
Estonian language, that is similar to lidna in Votic, had the same meaning as linna or
linn later on meaning a castle or town in English. According to the suggestion nisa
would have had the same meaning as niemi (meaning peninsula in English) in an old
Finnish form of the name Kesoniemi.
After the Danish conquest in 1219 the town became known in the German, Swedish
and Danish languages as Reval (Latin: Revalia). The name originated from (Latin)
Revelia (Estonian) Revala or Rävala, the adjacent ancient name of the surrounding
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