Estonia

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

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 Aestiī described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania (ca. 98 AD). Displaced Middle English Ēstland, from Old English Ēstland. Compare also Old Norse Æistland, Icelandic Eistland, German Estland (“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 (plural Estonias)

2. A country in northeastern Europe, 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, page 233:

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

Descendants

• → Japanese: エストニア (Esutonia)

Translations

country

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

  Hijazi Arabic: إستونيا f (ʔistōnya)

• Aragonese: Estonia
• Armenian: Էստոնիա (hy) (Ēstonia)
• Aromanian: Estonia
• Assamese: ইষ্টোনিয়া (istünia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܹܣܛܘܿܢܝܼܵܐ f (Esṭoniya)
• Asturian: Estonia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Estoniya (az)
• Bambara: Estonia
• Bashkir: Эстония (Estoniya)
• Basque: Estonia (eu)
• Bavarian: Estland
• Belarusian: Эсто́нія f (Estónija)
• Bengali: ইস্তোনিয়া (bn) (istōniẏa)
• Bikol Central: Estonya
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: এস্তোনিয়া
• Breton: Estonia
• Bulgarian: Есто́ния (bg) f (Estónija)
• Burmese: အက်စတိုးနီးယား (akca.tui:ni:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Есто́нія f (Estónija)
• 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)

  Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞／爱沙尼亚 (zh) (Àishāníyà)

  Wu: 愛沙尼亞／爱沙尼亚 (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: 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
• Irish: An Eastóin f, Poblacht na hEastóine f
• Italian: Estonia (it) f
• Japanese: エストニア (ja) (Esutonia)
• Kabyle: Isṭuni
• Kamba: Estonia
• Kannada: ಎಸ್ಟೊನಿಯ (kn) (esṭoniya)
• Kapampangan: Estonia
• Kashubian: Estoniô f
• 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: Igauneja f
• Latin: Estonia (New Latin), Æstonia f (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-Estonja f
• 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: Єсть f (Estĭ) (modern)

• Old English: Ēstland n
• Old Norse: Eistland n
• Ossetian: Эстони (Èstoni)
• Papiamentu: Estonia
• Pashto: اېسټونيا f (esṭonyā), استونيا f (estonyā), ايستونيا f (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: Ѐсто̄нија f

  Roman: Èstōnija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Estonia
• Silesian: Estůńijo f
• Sinhalese: එස්ටෝනියා (esṭōniyā)
• Slovak: Estónsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Estónija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Estniska f

  Upper Sorbian: Estiska f

• 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: اِسْتونِیا m (istoniyā), ایسْٹونِیا m
• Uyghur: ئېستونىيە (ëstoniye)
• Uzbek: Estoniya (uz)
• Venetan: 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: ^{(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 (diq)
• Zealandic: Estland

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries 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, anetiso, anteiso-, astonie

Albanian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. definite nominative singular of Estoni

Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺tonia/ [es̺.t̪o.ni.a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Es‧to‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Estonia inan

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia (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”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Breton

Proper noun

Estonia ?

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Estónia (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estoniano

Ido

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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

Ilocano

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Estonia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Éstonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Adjective

Éstonia

1. Estonian

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; 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” in Kamus 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 from Russian Эстония (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 in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia (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 *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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, page 46

Interlingua

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• estone

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'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 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 (a country in Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Estonia
genitive	Estoniae
dative	Estoniae
accusative	Estoniam
ablative	Estoniā
vocative	Estonia

Related terms

• estonicus

Luhya

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Luo

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Estonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Estonia f (related adjective estoński)

1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Estonia

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

Derived terms

nouns

• Estonka
• Estończyk

 

See also

• (countries of Europe) kraje Europy; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbejdżan, Belgia, Białoruś, Bośnia i Hercegowina, Bułgaria, Chorwacja, Cypr, Czarnogóra, Czechy, Dania, Estonia, Finlandia, Francja, Grecja, Gruzja, Hiszpania, Holandia/Niderlandy, Irlandia, Islandia, Kazachstan, Liechtenstein, Litwa, Luksemburg, Łotwa, Macedonia Północna, Malta, Mołdawia, Monako, Niemcy, Norwegia, Polska, Portugalia, Rosja, Rumunia, San Marino, Szwajcaria, Szwecja, Serbia, Słowacja, Słowenia, Turcja, Ukraina, Watykan, Węgry, Wielka Brytania, Włochy

Further reading

• Estonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Estonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Estonia in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [estonjˈa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

declension of Estonia (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) Estonie	Estonia
genitive/dative	(unei) Estonii	Estoniei
vocative	Estonie, Estonio

See also

• (countries of Europe) țările Europei; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Cehia, Cipru, Croația, Danemarca, Elveția, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazahstan, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburg, Macedonia de Nord, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Muntenegru, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugalia, Regatul Unit, România, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania, Suedia, Turcia, Țările de Jos, Ucraina, Ungaria, Vatican ^{(Category: ro:Countries in Europe)}

Sicilian

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtonja/ [esˈt̪o.nja]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estoniano

 

Related terms

• estonio

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Estonia

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism (see English Estonia).

Proper noun

Estonia f

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• Estoneg (“Estonian language”)
• Estoniad (“Estonian person”)
• Estonaidd (“Estonian”, adjective)

See also

• (countries of Europe) gwledydd Ewrop; Albania, yr Almaen, Andorra, Armenia, Awstria, Aserbaijan, Belarws, Bosnia a Hertsegofina, Bwlgaria, Casachstan, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmarc, y Deyrnas Unedig, Dinas y Fatican, Estonia, y Ffindir, Ffrainc, yr Eidal, Georgia, Gogledd Macedonia, Gwlad Belg, Gwlad Groeg, Gwlad Pwyl, Gwlad yr Iâ, Hwngari, yr Iseldiroedd, Iwerddon, Latfia, Liechtenstein, Lithwania, Lwcsembwrg, Malta, Moldofa, Monaco, Montenegro, Norwy, Portiwgal, Rwmania, Rwsia, San Marino, Sbaen, Serbia, Slofacia, Slofenia, Sweden, y Swistir, Tsiecia (y Weriniaeth Tsiec), Twrci, Wcráin ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN