Estland

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Estland

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

Derived terms

Danish

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Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estland n (adjective Ests, demonym Est m or Estse f)

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Faroese

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Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Estland
accusative Estland
dative Estlandi
genitive Estlands

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

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

  1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Descendants

  • Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

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References

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

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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Old English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ēstland n

  1. Estonia

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Ēstland
accusative Ēstland
genitive Ēstlandes
dative Ēstlande

Descendants

Swedish

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Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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