ESTONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Estonia mean? 

• ESTONIA (noun)
  The noun ESTONIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea

  Familiarity information: ESTONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESTONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Esthonia; Estonia; Republic of Estonia

Instance hypernyms:

Baltic Republic; Baltic State (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea)

Meronyms (parts of "Estonia"):

capital of Estonia; Tallin; Tallinn (a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia)

Tartu (a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League)

Livonia (a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia)

Holonyms ("Estonia" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Derivation:

Estonian (of or pertaining to Estonia or the people or culture of Estonia)

 Context examples 

Estonia has a negative growth rate but the decrease is slowing down.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania.

(Latvia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania.

(Latvia, NCI Thesaurus)