Estonia

English

Alternative forms

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/[1]
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊniə
  • Hyphenation: Es‧to‧ni‧a, Es‧ton‧ia

Proper noun

Estonia (plural Estonias)

  1. A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: エストニア (Esutonia)
  • Telugu: ఎస్టోనియా (esṭōniyā)

Translations

See also

References

Anagrams

Albanian

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. definite nominative singular of Estoni

Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia f

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es̺tonia/ [es̺.t̪o.ni.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: Es‧to‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Estonia inan

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

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

See also

Further reading

Breton

Proper noun

Estonia ?

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Estonia f

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Derived terms

Ido

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

See also

Ilocano

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Adjective

Éstonia (comparative lebih Estonia, superlative paling Estonia)

  1. Estonian

See also

Further reading

Ingrian

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Estonia f

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

See also

Luhya

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Luo

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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): /esˈto.ni.(j)a/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Estonia f

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Declension

Declension of Estonia
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative Estonie Estonia
genitive-dative Estonii Estoniei
vocative Estonie, Estonio

See also

Sicilian

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

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 northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Derived terms

See also

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Estonia

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism (see English Estonia).

Proper noun

Estonia f

  1. Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

See also

Further reading

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