Estonia

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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”).

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