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Tallinn

or Tal·lin

[ tah-lin, tal-in ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.


Tallinn

/ ˈtælɪn /

noun

  1. the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland: founded by the Danes in 1219; a port and naval base. Pop: 384 000 (2005 est) German nameReval
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

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

A massive sweep in 2017 arrested the major players and Russian mafia responsible around Tallinn and Ida-Viru County, near the Russian border, leading to a scarcity as users switched to speed or fentanyl analogues.

From Salon

I’m afraid I don’t accept this as I flew with the airline in May from Tallinn to London, and the same thing happened there.

From BBC

"Russia wants to sow fear in our societies," she tells us, sitting in the cabinet office in Estonia’s equivalent of 10 Downing Street, overlooking the soaring spires and ancient castle walls of Tallinn’s Old Town.

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Temnikova recruited her husband to carry anchovies on the plane from Tallinn, which will be served as appetizers at one of the nightly dinners held in the house’s stately barroom.

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