# Estland
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English Estlond, from Old English Ēstland, equivalent to Est +‎ -land.

### Proper noun

Estland
* (rare) A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.
** 2011, Armin G. Stromberg, R. G. Compton, A.G. Stromberg:Thus, by the middle of the 19th century the Russian Empire had expanded to include extensive parts of Poland, a large part of Livonia and Estland (Estonia).
** 2012, Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings, page 24:One summer, he brought out his army, went to Estland, and harried there during the summer in a spot called Stein.
** 2019, David Crowe, The Baltic States And The Great Powers:The Russian revolutions of 1917 and the Russian civil war provided the background for this struggle, which resulted in Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian nationhood as the former Russian provinces of Estland (Estonia), Livland (Livonia) and Kurland became the independent republics of Estonia (February 1918) and Latvia (November 1918) and much of the three former Russian provinces of Kaunas, Vilnius, and Suvalkai became independent Lithuania (November 1918).

### See also

* Estish

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Estlander
* Estlands

#### Related terms

* Est
* Esties

## Danish
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* ester
* estisk

### See also

* Albanien
* Andorra
* Armenien
* Aserbajdsjan
* Belgien
* Bosnien-Hercegovina
* Bulgarien
* Cypern
* Danmark
* Estland
* Finland
* Forenede Kongerige
* Frankrig
* Georgien
* Grækenland
* Hviderusland
* Irland
* Island
* Italien
* Kasakhstan
* Kosovo
* Kroatien
* Letland
* Liechtenstein
* Litauen
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Nederlandene
* Nordmakedonien
* Norge
* Polen
* Portugal
* Rumænien
* Rusland
* San Marino
* Schweiz
* Serbien
* Slovakiet
* Slovenien
* Spanien
* Sverige
* Tjekkiet
* Tyskland
* Ukraine
* Ungarn
* Vatikanstaten
* Østrig

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛst.lɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Est‧land

### Proper noun

Estland n (adjective Ests, demonym Est m or Estse f)
* Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

### See also

* Albanië
* Andorra
* Armenië
* Azerbeidzjan
* Belarus
* België
* Bosnië en Herzegovina
* Bulgarije
* Cyprus
* Denemarken
* Duitsland
* Estland
* Finland
* Frankrijk
* Georgië
* Griekenland
* Hongarije
* Ierland
* IJsland
* Italië
* Kazachstan
* Kosovo
* Kroatië
* Letland
* Liechtenstein
* Litouwen
* Luxemburg
* Malta
* Moldavië
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Nederland
* Noord-Macedonië
* Noorwegen
* Oekraïne
* Oostenrijk
* Polen
* Portugal
* Roemenië
* Rusland
* San Marino
* Servië
* Slovenië
* Slowakije
* Tsjechië
* Turkije
* Vaticaanstad
* Verenigd Koninkrijk
* Wit-Rusland
* Zweden
* Zwitserland

### Anagrams

* stalden

## Dutch Low Saxon
### Proper noun

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

## Faroese
### Proper noun

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

#### Declension
## German
### Alternative forms

* Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)

### 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: /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Proper noun

Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)
* Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

#### Related terms

* Este
* Estländer
* estländisch
* estnisch

#### Descendants

* Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

### See also

* Albanien
* Andorra
* Belarus
* Belgien
* Bosnien und Herzegowina
* Bulgarien
* Dänemark
* Deutschland
* Estland
* Finnland
* Frankreich
* Griechenland
* Irland
* Island
* Italien
* Kosovo
* Kroatien
* Lettland
* Liechtenstein
* Litauen
* Luxemburg
* Malta
* Moldau
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Niederlande
* Nordmazedonien
* Norwegen
* Österreich
* Polen
* Portugal
* Rumänien
* Russland
* San Marino
* Schweden
* Schweiz
* Serbien
* Slowakei
* Slowenien
* Spanien
* Tschechien
* Ukraine
* Ungarn
* Vatikanstadt
* Vereinigtes Königreich
* Weißrussland
* Zypern

### 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

* “Estland” in Duden online
* “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

### Proper noun

Estland n
* Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* ester, estlending, estlender
* estlandsk, estisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* estlending, estlendar
* estlandsk, estisk

## Old English

Picture dictionary :
Estland
Ispania
Īrland
Sċotland
Wēalas
Orcadas
Wiht
Engla land
Francland
Norþweġ
Frīsland
Denemearc
Germanie
Swēoland
Burgenda land
Scedenig
Italia
Sicilie
Finna land
Ungerland
Ilirice
Pulgara land
Ēstland
Wendelsǣ
Mæcedonia
Grēcland
Syria
Sciþþia
Armenia :

### 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: /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/

### Proper noun

Ēstland n
* Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: Ēstland

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)
* Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

#### Derived terms

* estländare
* estländsk
* estländska

### References

* Estland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

### Anagrams

* deltans, landets, stelnad