Estonia

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

English

Location of Estonia

Alternative forms

• Esthonia(dated)

Etymology

Borrowed fromMedieval LatinEstonia.Other early Latin forms wereEstiaandHestia,possibly derived from the tribal nameAestiīdescribed by theRomanhistorianTacitusin his Germania (ca. 98 AD). DisplacedMiddle EnglishĒstland,fromOld EnglishĒstland.Compare alsoOld NorseÆistland,IcelandicEistland,GermanEstland(“Estonia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ɛsˈtəʊ.nɪ.ə/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ɛsˈtoʊ.ni.ə/,/ɛsˈtoʊn.jə/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-əʊniə
• Hyphenation:Es‧to‧ni‧a,Es‧ton‧ia

Proper noun

Estonia(pluralEstonias)

2. A country in northeasternEurope,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,page233:

     “In the late 1930s, the Western democracies hesitated in the face of danger,” Prime Minister Siim Kallas ofEstonia,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

• Abkhaz:Естониа(Estʼonja)
• Acehnese:Èstonia
• Afrikaans:Estland
• Albanian:Estonif,Estonia(sq)f(definite)
• Amharic:ኤስቶኒያ(ʾestoniya)
• Arabic:إِسْتُونِيَاf(ʔistōniyā)

  Hijazi Arabic:إستونياf(ʔistōnya)

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

  Cantonese:Ái sa ni á／Ái sa ni á(oi³saa¹nei⁴aa³)

  Mandarin:Ái sa ni á／Ái sa ni á(zh)(Àishāníyà)

  Wu:Ái sa ni á／Ái sa ni á(⁵e-so-gni-ia)

• Chuvash:Эстони(Estoni)
• Cornish:Estoni
• Corsican:Estonia
• Crimean Tatar:Estoniya
• Czech:Estonsko(cs)n
• Danish:Estland(da)
• Dhivehi:އެސްޓޯނިއާ(esṭōniā)
• Dutch:Estland(nl)n
• Dzongkha:ཨིསི་ཊོ་ནི་ཡ།(isi ṭo ni ya)
• Emilian:Estògna
• Erzya:Эстэнь Мастор(Esteń Mastor)
• Esperanto:Estonio(eo),Estonujo
• Estonian:Eesti(et),Eestimaa(et)(colloquial, historical)
• Ewe:Estonia
• Farefare:Estigo
• Faroese:Estlandn
• 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),एस्तोनियाm(estoniyā)
• Hungarian:Észtország(hu)
• Icelandic:Eistland(is)n
• Ido:Estonia(io)
• Ilocano:Estonia
• Indonesian:Estonia(id)
• Interlingua:Estonia
• Irish:An Eastóinf,Poblacht na hEastóinef
• Italian:Estonia(it)f
• Japanese:エストニア(ja)(Esutonia)
• Kabyle:Isṭuni
• Kamba:Estonia
• Kannada:ಎಸ್ಟೊನಿಯ(kn)(esṭoniya)
• Kapampangan:Estonia
• Kashubian:Estoniôf
• Kazakh:Эстония(kk)(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),ແອັດສະໂຕນີ(ʼæt sa tō nī)
• Latgalian:Igaunejaf
• Latin:Estonia(New Latin),Æstoniaf(New Latin)
• Latvian:Igaunija(lv)f
• Ligurian:Estònia
• Limburgish:Esland
• Lingala:Estonia
• Lithuanian:Estija(lt)f
• Livonian:Ēstimō
• Livvi:Estounii,Viro
• Lombard:Estonia(lmo)
• 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(ms)
• Malayalam:എസ്റ്റോണിയ(esṟṟōṇiya)
• Maltese:l-Estonjaf
• Manx:Estaan,Esthoin
• Maori:Etonia
• Marathi:एस्टोनिय(esṭoniy)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari:Эстоний(estońij)

• 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
• Odia:ଏସ୍ତୋନିଆ(estoniā)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic:Єстьf(Estĭ)(modern)

• Old English:Ēstlandn
• Old Norse:Eistlandn
• Ossetian:Эстони(Èstoni)
• Papiamentu:Estonia
• Pashto:اېسټونياf(esṭonyā),استونياf(estonyā),ايستونياf(estonyā)
• Pennsylvania German:Eschdooni
• Persian:

  Dari:اِسْتونِیَا(istōniyā)

  Iranian Persian:اِسْتونی(fa)(estoni)

• Picard:Éstonie
• Piedmontese:Estònia
• Pitcairn-Norfolk:Estonya
• Polish:Estonia(pl)f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian:Estônia(pt)f

  European:Estónia(pt)f

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi:ਇਸਤੋਨੀਆ(isatonīā)

• 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:Ѐсто̄нијаf

  Roman:Èstōnija(sh)f

• Sicilian:Estonia
• Silesian:Estůńijof
• Sinhalese:එස්ටෝනියා(esṭōniyā)
• Slovak:Estónsko(sk)n
• Slovene:Estónijaf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:Estniskaf

  Upper Sorbian:Estiskaf

• 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:اِسْتونِیاm(istoniyā),ایسْٹونِیاm
• Uyghur:ئېستونىيە(ëstoniye)
• Uzbek:Estoniya(uz)
• Venetian:Estonia(vec)
• Veps:Estinma
• Vietnamese:E-xtô-ni-a
• Volapük:Lestiyän(vo)
• Võro:Eesti
• Votic:Viromaa
• Walloon:Estoneye
• Waray-Waray:Estonya
• Welsh:Estonia(cy)
• West Flemish:^{(pleaseverify)}Estland
• West Frisian:Estlân(fy)
• Western Panjabi:اسٹونیا(pnb)
• Wolof:Estooni
• Yakut:Эстония(Estoniya)
• Yiddish:עסטלאַנדn(estland)
• Yoruba:Estonia
• Zazaki:(Southern Zazaki)Estonya(diq)
• Zealandic:Estland

See also

• (countries of Europe)countryofEurope;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

Albanian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. definitenominativesingularofEstoni

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/esˈtonja/
• Rhymes:-onja
• Syllabification:Es‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/esˈtonja/,[es̪ˈt̪o.nja]
• Rhymes:-onja
• Hyphenation:Es‧to‧nia

Proper noun

Estoniaf

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/es̺tonia/[es̺.t̪o.ni.a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ia
• Hyphenation:Es‧to‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Estoniainan

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Declension

Declension ofEstonia(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(“Estonian”)
• estoniera(“Estonian language”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak[Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Arauak,Euskaltzaindia,2019

Breton

Proper noun

Estonia?

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Estónia(reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Estoniaf

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Derived terms

• estoniano

Ido

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

See also

• (countries of Europe)landodiEuropa;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

Ilocano

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromMedieval LatinEstonia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Éstonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Adjective

Éstonia

1. Estonian

See also

• (countries of Europe)negara-negaradiEropa;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”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Ingrian

Estonian kartta.

Etymology

Borrowed fromRussianЭстония(Estonija).

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 inEurope)

Declension

Declension ofEstonia(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 *)theaccusativecorresponds with either thegenitive(sg) ornominative(pl) **)thecomitativeis formed by adding the suffix-ka?or-kä?to thegenitive.

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, page46

Interlingua

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estoniaf

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Related terms

• estone

See also

• (countries of Europe)paesid'Europa;Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaigian,Belgio,Bielorussia,Bosnia-Erzegovina,Bulgaria,Cechia,Cipro,Città del Vaticano,Croazia,Danimarca,Estonia,Finlandia,Francia,Georgia,Germania,Grecia,Irlanda,Islanda,Italia,Kazakistan,Lettonia,Liechtenstein,Lituania,Lussemburgo,Macedonia del Nord,Malta,Moldavia,Monaco,Montenegro,Norvegia,Paesi Bassi,Polonia,Portogallo,Romania,Regno Unito,Russia,San Marino,Serbia,Slovacchia,Slovenia,Spagna,Svezia,Svizzera,Turchia,Ucraina,Ungheria^{(Category:it:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• Aestonia,Esthonia,Aesthonia,Estlandia,Estia

Etymology

Possibly derived from the tribal nameAestīdescribed by theRomanhistorianTacitusin his Germania (ca. 98 AD).

Proper noun

Estoniafsg(genitiveEstoniae);first declension

1. (Medieval Latin,New Latin)Estonia(a country inEurope)

Declension

First-declensionnoun, singular only.

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

Related terms

• estonicus

Luhya

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Luo

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromMedieval LatinEstonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛsˈtɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɔɲja
• Syllabification:Es‧ton‧ia

Proper noun

Estoniaf(related adjectiveestoński)

1. Estonia(a country inEastern Europe)

Declension

Declension ofEstonia

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

Derived terms

nouns

• Estonka
• Estończyk

Further reading

• EstoniainWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Estoniain Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Estoniain PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Estoniaf

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Declension

genderf	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Estonia
Gen/Dat	Estoniei

Sicilian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/esˈtonja/[esˈt̪o.nja]

• Audio(Spain):

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Estoniaf

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)

Derived terms

• estoniano

Related terms

• estonio

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio(Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia(a country inEurope)