Estonian

American  

[e-stoh-nee-uhn] / ɛˈstoʊ ni ən /

Also Esthonian

adjective

1. of or relating to Estonia or its people.

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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

Etymology

Origin of Estonian

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

Example Sentences

Embassy in Tallinn calling the purchase “one of the most significant capability upgrades in Estonian military history.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

As with Montenegro, the three countries are easy to travel between – the Finnish capital Helsinki and Estonian capital Tallinn are linked by ferry.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Outside a Noma shop in Copenhagen, Estonian tourist Kaisa Erm said Redzepi had made "the right decision" to go.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

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 • Feb. 27, 2026

Properly called the Öpik–Oort cloud, it is named for the Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik, who hypothesized its existence in 1932, and for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who refined the calculations eighteen years later.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson