Inglismaa

Estonian

Etymology

From inglise +‎ maa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinɡ̊lisˌmɑː/, [ˈiŋɡ̊lʲisˌmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: Ing‧lis‧maa

Proper noun

Inglismaa (genitive Inglismaa, partitive Inglismaad)

1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
2. (nonstandard) Britain, United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)

   Synonyms: Suurbritannia, Ühendkuningriik, UK

Usage notes

The use of the name Inglismaa for the whole country (Suurbritannia: Great Britain) is appropriate in a historical context, for the modern country it is acceptable only in less official texts.

Declension

Declension of Inglismaa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Inglismaa	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Inglismaa
genitive			—
partitive		Inglismaad	—
illative		Inglismaasse	—
inessive		Inglismaas	—
elative		Inglismaast	—
allative		Inglismaale	—
adessive		Inglismaal	—
ablative		Inglismaalt	—
translative		Inglismaaks	—
terminative		Inglismaani	—
essive		Inglismaana	—
abessive		Inglismaata	—
comitative		Inglismaaga	—

References

• Inglismaa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Inglismaa”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN