Estland

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ^af

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Estland

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

Derived terms

• Estlander
• Estlands

Related terms

• Est
• Esties

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• ester
• estisk

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

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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

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

• stalden

Dutch Low Saxon

Dutch Low Saxon Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

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Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Faroese

Faroese Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ^fo

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

German

Alternative forms

• Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)

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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Proper noun

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

1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Related terms

• Este
• Estländer
• estländisch
• estnisch

Descendants

• Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

See also

• (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Georgien, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kasachstan, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Zypern ^{(Category: de:Countries in Europe)}

References

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

Further reading

• “Estland” in Duden online
• “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæstlant/,

Proper noun

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• ester, estlending, estlender
• estlandsk, estisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• estlending, estlendar
• estlandsk, estisk

Old English

Picture dictionary
Ispania Īrland Sċotland Wēalas Orcadas Wiht Engla land Francland Norþweġ Frīsland Denemearc Swēoland Burgenda land Italia Finna land Ungerland Ēstland Grēcland

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Ēstland n

1. Estonia

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: Ēstland

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Estland

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estländare
• estländsk
• estländska

Anagrams

• deltans, landets, stelnad