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Tallinn

American  
[tah-lin, tal-in] / ˈtɑ lɪn, ˈtæl ɪn /
Or Tallin

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.


Tallinn British  
/ ˈtælɪn /

noun

  1. German name: Reval.  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)

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On New Year’s Eve the Finnish telecommunications company Elisa reported damage to a data cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tegmark pitched Tallinn on his vision for an organization that would help with this fight, and he agreed to fund it with an initial $100,000.

From The Wall Street Journal

A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.

From Barron's

Estonia's foreign ministry in Tallinn condemned the incursion as "brazen".

From BBC

The war in Ukraine has shown how fast the technology of combat is changing and on Thursday the prince saw a hydrogen-powered drone, on a visit to designers in Estonia's capital Tallinn.

From BBC