Taguküla is a village in

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in northwestern

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Name

Taguküla was attested in historical sources as ''Kassarske Baakbyyn ell. Taggokülla'' in 1688, ''Takakyla'' in 1709, and ''Taggo'' in 1798. The name literally means 'back village', semantically contrasting with nearby

Esiküla Esiküla is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by ...

(literally, 'front village'), referring to their relative positions.

Gallery

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References

Villages in Hiiu County {{Hiiu-geo-stub