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Estonian

American  
[e-stoh-nee-uhn] / ɛˈstoʊ ni ən /
Also Esthonian

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 British  
/ ɛˈstəʊnɪən, ɛˈsθəʊ-, ɛˈstəʊnɪən /

adjective

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

"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

noun

  1. the official language of Estonia: belongs to the Finno-Ugric family

  2. a native or inhabitant of Estonia

"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

Etymology

Origin of Estonian

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

Example Sentences

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Baltic air patrols were activated and Estonians received notifications on their phones warning of a "drone threat".

From BBC

Eyyub, based in a Moscow office tower, flew around on a pair of private jets procured from an Estonian businessman.

From The Wall Street Journal

His Estonian counterpart struck a similar tone, saying Tallinn was "always ready for discussions with the US, including now regarding the situation in the Strait of Hormuz".

From Barron's

The couple's favoured method is the Estonian hold.

From BBC

Her parents, both painters, were living in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, also under Soviet rule, but found themselves in a Kyiv hospital close to family when Stasevska arrived.

From Los Angeles Times