Advertisement

Advertisement

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


Discover More

Example Sentences

Tallinn cofounded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University as well as the Future of Life Institute in the other Cambridge—Massachusetts, that is.

From Fortune

Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.

Tallinn, he boasts, is a favorite destination for liberal Russians seeking escape from their more authoritarian society.

Suggest Warsaw, Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn keep an eye out for masked men with guns wearing camouflage and no military insignia.

After traveling and hiding for a month, he showed up in Tallinn, Estonia, last week and asked for political asylum.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Talleyrand-PérigordTallis