Estland

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Estland

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

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Est‧land

Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Faroese

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Estland
Accusative
Dative Estlandi
Genitive Estlands

German

Alternative forms

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/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Descendants

  • Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

See also

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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Old English

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

  1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

Anagrams

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