Eestimaa

Estonian

Etymology

From Eesti + maa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeˑstiˌmɑː/, [ˈeˑstʲiˌmɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: Ees‧ti‧maa

Proper noun

Eestimaa (genitive Eestimaa, partitive Eestimaad)

  1. (somewhat poetic) Estonia
    Synonym: Eesti
  2. (historical) the Governorate of Estonia; the region of Estonia (as opposed to Livonia), in what is now northern Estonia

Declension

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