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Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Northern Europe)

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Est‧land

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

• stalden

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

• Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/

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

1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

• Este
• Estländer
• estländisch
• estnisch

• Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

• “Estland” in Duden online
• “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

• ester, estlending, estlender
• estlandsk, estisk

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

• estlending, estlendar
• estlandsk, estisk

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/

Ēstland n

1. Estonia

• Middle English: Ēstland

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

• estländare
• estländsk
• estländska

• deltans, landets, stelnad