Estland

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Danish

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Faroese

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Declension

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

German

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

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Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

  1. Estonia

Descendants

  • Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

Luxembourgish

Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Estland

  1. Estonia

Swedish

Proper noun

Estland n

  1. Estonia

Derived terms

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