E-stonia

English

Etymology

Blend of e- (“digital”) +‎ Estonia, from the country's reputation as a digitally advanced society.

Proper noun

E-stonia

  1. (humorous) Estonia.
    • 2006, Kevin O’Connor, Culture And Customs of the Baltic States, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 153:
      With Internet cafes dotting the Estonian urban landscape, Estonia (or E-stonia) is one of the most Internet-connected countries in Eastern Europe.
    • 2009, Carolyn Bain, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 165:
      Wireless internet access (wi-fi) is marvellously widespread in ‘E-stonia’ (you may find yourself wondering why your own country lags so far behind this tech-savvy wizard).
    • 2013 May 16, Tim Mansel, “How Estonia became E-stonia”, in BBC News‎[1]:
      So Estonia became E-stonia—a neat [Toomas Hendrik] Ilves joke. And with the help of a government-backed technology investment body, called the Tiger Leap Foundation, all Estonian schools were online by the late 1990s.
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