Estland

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Afrikaans[edit]

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  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Tallinn)

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Danish[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Est‧land

Proper noun[edit]

Estland n

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Faroese[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension[edit]

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Estland
Accusative
Dative Estlandi
Genitive Estlands

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)

  1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

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References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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Luxembourgish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

Proper noun[edit]

Estland n

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the plural noun Ēste (the Estonians), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Ēst, from the same source. In any case, the second element is land.

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Ēstland n

  1. Estonia

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Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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