Estonian

[ e-stoh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Estonia or its people.

noun

1. a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
2. the Uralic language of Estonia, very closely related to Finnish.

Estonian

/ ɛˈstəʊnɪən; ɛˈsθəʊ-; ɛˈstəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Estonia, its people, or their language

noun

1. the official language of Estonia: belongs to the Finno-Ugric family
2. a native or inhabitant of Estonia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Estonian¹

First recorded in 1785–95; Estoni(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Anne Herm, a demographer at the Estonian Institute for Population Studies who worked with Poulain to validate some blue zones, disagrees.

From Science Magazine

Speakers of languages including Estonian and Finnish had the highest match rate of 100%, with the lowest at 70% for speakers of languages including Albanian and Mandarin Chinese.

From Science Daily

Not far from the Estonian capital, Tallinn, at the tip of the railway, dozens of workers are welding and hammering away at the new Ülemiste passenger terminal.

From BBC

This will come after a report in the Telegraph said criminals could serve their sentences in Estonian prisons under plans being considered by ministers.

From BBC

The idea was raised again by the Estonian government with the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, on a visit there this week.

From BBC