Estonia

See also: estonia, Estònia, Éstonia, Estónia, estónia, Èstonia, estonià, Estônia, estônia, and Estonią

English

Location of Estonia

Alternative forms

• Esthonia (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Estonia. Other early Latin forms were Estia and Hestia, possibly derived from the tribal name Aestiī described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (ca. 98 AD). Displaced Middle English Ēstland, from Old English Ēstland. Compare also Old Norse Æistland, Icelandic Eistland, German Estland (“Estonia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtəʊ.ni.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtoʊ.ni.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Proper noun

Estonia (plural Estonias)

2. A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia
   • 2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points‎^[1], New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 233:

     “In the late 1930s, the Western democracies hesitated in the face of danger,” Prime Minister Siim Kallas of Estonia, a former Soviet republic, told me. “As a consequence, we fell under dictatorships and many people lost their lives. Action is sometimes necessary.”

Related terms

• Estonian
• Estonian SSR

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Èstonia
• Afrikaans: Estland
• Albanian: Estoni f, Estonia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ኤስቶኒያ (ʾestoniya)
• Arabic: إِسْتُونِيَا f (ʾistōniyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: إستونيا f (ʾistōnya)

• Aragonese: Estonia
• Armenian: Էստոնիա (hy) (Ēstonia)
• Aromanian: Estonia
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܣܛܘܿܢܝܼܵܐ f (Esṭoniya)
• Asturian: Estonia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Estoniya (az)
• Bambara: Estonia
• Bashkir: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Basque: Estonia (eu)
• Bavarian: Estland
• Belarusian: Эсто́нія f (Estónija)
• Bengali: ইস্তোনিয়া (bn) (istōniẏa)
• Bikol Central: Estonya
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: এস্তোনিয়া
• Breton: Estonia
• Bulgarian: Есто́ния (bg) f (Estónija)
• Burmese: အက်စတိုးနီးယား (akca.tui:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Estònia (ca)
• Cebuano: Estonia
• Central Franconian: Estland
• Chechen: Эстони (Estoni)
• Cherokee: ᎡᏍᏙᏂᏯ (esdoniya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 愛沙尼亞／爱沙尼亚 (oi³ saa¹ nei⁴ aa³), 爱沙尼亚 (oi³ saa¹ nei⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞／爱沙尼亚 (zh) (Àishāníyà), 爱沙尼亚 (zh) (Àishāníyà)

• Chuvash: Эстони (Estoni)
• Cornish: Estoni
• Corsican: Estonia
• Crimean Tatar: Estoniya
• Czech: Estonsko (cs) n
• Danish: Estland (da) n
• Dutch: Estland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཨིསི་ཊོ་ནི་ཡ། (isi ṭo ni ya)
• Eastern Mari: Эстоний (estońij)
• Emilian: Estògna
• Erzya: Эстэнь Мастор (Esteń Mastor)
• Esperanto: Estonio (eo), Estonujo
• Estonian: Eesti (et), Eestimaa (et) (colloquial, historical)
• Ewe: Estonia
• Farefare: Estigo
• Faroese: Estland n
• Fiji Hindi: Estonia
• Finnish: Viro (fi), Eesti (fi) (colloquial)
• Franco-Provençal: Èstonie
• French: Estonie (fr) f
• Friulian: Estonie
• Galician: Estonia (gl) f
• Georgian: ესტონეთი (ka) (esṭoneti)
• German: Estland (de) n
• Greek: Εσθονία (el) f (Esthonía)
• Greenlandic: Estland (kl)
• Guaraní: Etoña
• Gujarati: ઈસ્ટોનિયા (īsṭoniyā)
• Haitian Creole: Estoni
• Hausa: Estoniya
• Hawaiian: ʻEsetonia
• Hebrew: אֶסְטוֹנְיָה (he) f (estonyá)
• Hindi: एस्टोनिया (hi) m (esṭoniyā), एस्तोनिया m (estoniyā)
• Hungarian: Észtország (hu)
• Icelandic: Eistland (is) n
• Ido: Estonia (io)
• Ilocano: Estonia
• Indonesian: Estonia (id)
• Interlingua: Estonia
• Irish: An Eastóin f, Poblacht na hEastóine f
• Italian: Estonia (it)
• Japanese: エストニア (ja) (Esutonia)
• Kabyle: Isṭuni
• Kamba: Estonia
• Kannada: ಎಸ್ಟೊನಿಯ (kn) (esṭoniya)
• Kapampangan: Estonia
• Kashubian: Estóńskô
• Kazakh: Эстония (Éstoniä)
• Khmer: អេស្តូនី (km) (ʼeestounii)
• Komi-Zyrian: Эстония (Estońija)
• Kongo: Estonia
• Korean: 에스토니아 (ko) (Eseutonia), 에스또니야 (ko) (Eseuttoniya) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Estonya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Ladino: Estonia
• Lao: ເອັສໂຕເນຍ (lo) (ʼet tō nīa)
• Latgalian: Igauneja f
• Latin: Estonia, Æstonia f
• Latvian: Igaunija f
• Ligurian: Estònia
• Limburgish: Esland
• Lingala: Estonia
• Lithuanian: Estija (lt) f
• Livonian: Ēstimō
• Livvi: Estounii, Viro
• Lombard: Estonia
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Estlaand (nds)

  German Low German: Eestland (nds)

• Luhya: Estonia
• Luo: Estonia
• Luxembourgish: Estland (lb)
• Macedonian: Естонија (mk) f (Estonija)
• Malay: Estonia
• Malayalam: എസ്റ്റോണിയ (esṟṟōṇiya)
• Maltese: l-Estonja
• Manx: Estaan, Esthoin
• Maori: Etonia
• Marathi: एस्टोनिय (esṭoniy)
• Meru: Estonia
• Middle English: Estland
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Эстон (Eston)

  Mongolian: ᠧᠰᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ (ēston)

• Nahuatl: Estonia
• Nauruan: Estonia
• Navajo: Hakázítah Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Nepali: इस्टोनिया (isṭoniyā)
• Norman: Estonîn

  Jèrriais: Estonnie

• North Frisian: Estlönj
• Northern Sami: Estlánda, Estteeana, Estteeanan, Estteriika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Estland (no) n

  Nynorsk: Estland (nn) n

• Occitan: Estònia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Єсть f (Estĭ)

• Old English: Ēstland n
• Old Norse: Eistland n
• Oriya: ଏସ୍ତୋନିଆ (estoniā)
• Ossetian: Эстони (Èstoni)
• Papiamentu: Estonia
• Pashto: اېسټونيا f (esṭonyā), استونيا f (estonyā), ايستونيا f (estonyā)
• Pennsylvania German: Eschdooni
• Persian: استونی (fa) (estoni)
• Picard: Éstonie
• Piedmontese: Estònia
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Estonya
• Polish: Estonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Estónia (pt) f (Portugal), Estônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Quechua: Istunya
• Romani:

  Vlax Romani: Estoniya

• Romanian: Estonia (ro) f
• Romansch: Estonia
• Russian: Эсто́ния (ru) f (Estónija)
• Samogitian: Estėjė
• Sanskrit: एस्टोनिया (esṭoniyā)
• Sardinian: Estònia
• Saterland Frisian: Estlound
• Scots: Estonie, Eastland, Estonia
• Scottish Gaelic: Eastòinia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐсто̄нија f

  Roman: Èstōnija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Estonia
• Silesian: Estůńijo
• Sinhalese: එස්ටෝනියා (esṭōniyā)
• Slovak: Estónsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Estónija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Estniska

  Upper Sorbian: Estiska

• Spanish: Estonia (es) f
• Swahili: Estonia (sw)
• Swazi: IWestoniya
• Swedish: Estland (sv)
• Tagalog: Estonya (tl)
• Tajik: Эстония (tg) (Estoniya)
• Tamil: எசுத்தோனியா (ecuttōṉiyā)
• Tatar: Эстония (Estoniyä)
• Telugu: ఎస్టోనియా (te) (esṭōniyā)
• Tetum: Estónia
• Thai: เอสโตเนีย (th) (ées-dtoo-niia)
• Tibetan: ཨིསུ་ཊོ་ནིཡ (isu ṭo niy)
• Tigrinya: ኤስቶኒያ (ʾestoniya)
• Tok Pisin: Estonia
• Turkish: Estonya (tr)
• Turkmen: Estoniýa
• Tuvan: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Udmurt: Эстония (Estońija)
• Ukrainian: Есто́нія (uk) f (Estónija)
• Urdu: استونیا m (estoniyā), ایسٹونیا m (esṭoniyā)
• Uyghur: ئېستونىيە (ëstoniye)
• Uzbek: Estoniya (uz)
• Venetian: Estonia (vec)
• Veps: Estinma
• Vietnamese: E-xtô-ni-a
• Volapük: Lestiyän (vo)
• Votic: Viromaa
• Võro: Eesti
• Walloon: Estoneye
• Waray-Waray: Estonya
• Welsh: Estonia (cy)
• West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} Estland
• West Frisian: Estlân (fy)
• Western Panjabi: اسٹونیا (pnb)
• Wolof: Estooni
• Yakut: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Yiddish: עסטלאַנד n (estland)
• Yoruba: Estonia
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Estonya
• Zealandic: Estland

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Anagrams

• Osetian, anetiso, anteiso-, astonie

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Albanian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. definite nominative singular of Estoni

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Aragonese

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtonja/, [es̪ˈt̪o.nja]

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺tonia/, [e̞s̺.t̪o̞.ni.a]

Proper noun

Estonia inan

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Estonia
ergative	Estoniak
dative	Estoniari
genitive	Estoniaren
comitative	Estoniarekin
causative	Estoniarengatik
benefactive	Estoniarentzat
instrumental	Estoniaz
inessive	Estonian
locative	Estoniako
allative	Estoniara
terminative	Estoniaraino
directive	Estoniarantz
destinative	Estoniarako
ablative	Estoniatik
partitive	Estoniarik
prolative	Estoniatzat

Derived terms

• estoniar
• estoniera

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Breton

Proper noun

Estonia ?

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Galician

Alternative forms

• Estónia (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estoniano

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Ido

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Ilocano

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Estonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtonia̯/
• Rhymes: -nia̯, -ia̯, -a
• Hyphenation: És‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Éstonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Adjective

Éstonia

1. Estonian

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Further reading

• “Estonia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Ingrian

Estonian kartta.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Эсто́ния (Estónija).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈestoniɑ/, [ˈe̞s̠tŏ̞ˌniɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈestoniɑ/, [ˈe̞ʃto̞ˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation: Es‧to‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Estonia	—
genitive	Estonian	—
partitive	Estoniaa	—
illative	Estoniaa	—
inessive	Estonias	—
elative	Estoniast	—
allative	Estonialle	—
adessive	Estonial	—
ablative	Estonialt	—
translative	Estoniaks	—
essive	Estonianna, Estoniaan	—
exessive1)	Estoniant	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli (1936) P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈstɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: E‧stò‧nia

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• estone

Anagrams

• aonesti, atesino, esitano, noiaste, onestai, osteina, soniate

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Aestonia, Esthonia, Aesthonia, Estlandia, Estia

Etymology

Possibly derived from the tribal name Aestī described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (ca. 98 AD).

Proper noun

Estonia f sg (genitive Estoniae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Estonia
Genitive	Estoniae
Dative	Estoniae
Accusative	Estoniam
Ablative	Estoniā
Vocative	Estonia

Related terms

• estonicus

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Luhya

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Luo

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Estonia.

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia

	singular
nominative	Estonia
genitive	Estonii
dative	Estonii
accusative	Estonię
instrumental	Estonią
locative	Estonii
vocative	Estonio

Derived terms

adjective

• estoński

 

nouns

• Estonka
• Estończyk

 

Further reading

• Estonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Estonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Estonia
Gen/Dat	Estoniei

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Sicilian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtonja/ [esˈt̪o.nja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Es‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estoniano

Related terms

• estonio

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)