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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

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noun

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

  2. a native or inhabitant of Estonia

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Etymology

Origin of Estonian

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

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