Estonia

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

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 Aesti described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (ca. 98 AD). Displaced Middle English Estland, Estlond, from Old English Estland, Estlond. 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.

Related terms

• Estonian
• Estonian SSR

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Èstonia
• Afrikaans: Estland
• Albanian: Estonia (sq)
• Amharic: ኤስቶኒያ (ʾestoniya)
• Arabic: إِسْتُونِيَا f (ʾistōniyā)
• Aragonese: Estonia
• Aramaic: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ)
• Armenian: Էստոնիա (hy) (Ēstonia)
• Aromanian: Estonia
• Asturian: Estonia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Estoniya (az)
• Bambara: Estonia
• Bashkir: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Basque: Estonia (eu)
• Bavarian: Estland
• Belarusian: Эсто́нія f (Estónija)
• Bengali: ইস্তোনিয়া (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:
• Emilian: Estògna
• Erzya: Эстэнь Мастор (Esteń Mastor)
• Esperanto: Estonio (eo), Estonujo
• Estonian: Eesti (et), Eestimaa (et) (colloquial, historical)
• Ewe: Estonia
• 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
• Interlingue:
• 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: Естония (Estoniä)
• Khmer: អេស្តូនី (km) (ʼeestounii)
• Komi-Zyrian: Эстония (Estońija)
• Kongo: Estonia
• Korean: 에스토니아 (Eseutonia)
• Kurdish:
• 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
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• 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: Эстон (Eston)
• Nahuatl: Estonia
• Nauruan: Estonia
• Navajo: Ééstii bikéyah
• Nepali: इस्टोनिया (isṭoniyā)
• Norman: Estonîn

  Jèrriais: Estonnie

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

  Bokmål: Estland (no)

  Nynorsk: Estland (nn)

• Novial:
• Occitan: Estònia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: Єсть (Estĭ)
• Old English: Estland
• Old Norse: Eistland n
• Ossetian: Эстони (Èstoni)
• Papiamentu: Estonia
• Pashto: اېسټونيا
• 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: Естонија f

  Roman: Estonija (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)
• 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

• Appendix:Place names in Estonia
• (countries of Europe) country 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, anteiso-, astonie

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Aragonese

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

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Asturian

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia

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Basque

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

Related terms

• estoniar
• estoniera

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Breton

Proper noun

Estonia ?

1. Estonia

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Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia

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Ido

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

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

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Indonesian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

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Italian

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia

Related terms

• estone

Anagrams

• atesino
• esitano
• 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

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

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Luo

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia

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Novial

Proper noun

1. Estonia

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ɛsˈtɔɲ.ja//

• Audio:

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Proper noun

1. Estonia

Declension

Declension of Estonia

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

Derived terms

• Estończyk, Estonka
• estoński

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Estonia
Gen/Dat	Estoniei

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtonja/ [esˈt̪o.nja]

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia

Related terms

• estonio/estonia

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Swahili

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia