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estonia

UK/ɛˈstəʊni.ə/US/ɛˈstoʊni.ə/
nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,135 of 15,258mostly written

Estonia is the most northern Baltic country, famous for its digital government. Travel to Estonia, born in Estonia, the coast of Estonia.

Almost every public service there is online, and it was the first country to allow voting over the internet in a national election. The language is not Baltic at all but a close relative of Finnish.

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0

Definitions of estonia

  1. 1nounestoniaThe most northern Baltic country, famous for its digital government.B1+

    “Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has a beautiful medieval old town.”

estonia is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Medieval Latin

    Estonia

  2. English

    Estonia

  3. English, today

    estonia

Estonia 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”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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