estonia
estonia — noun
1. a small northern European nation on the Baltic Sea, independent from the Soviet
a small northern European nation on the Baltic Sea, independent from the Soviet Union since 1991, with Tallinn as its capital and Estonian as its main language.
Astrid moved from Estonia to Sweden for a job, but returns to Tallinn every summer.
proper noun as subject / from + country
Estonia joined the European Union in 2004 and began using the euro in 2011.
country + joined [organisation] + year
The official language of Estonia is Estonian, which is closely related to Finnish.
More than 1.3 million people live in Estonia, one of the least crowded countries in Europe.
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Estonia is one of the three Baltic states, along with Latvia and Lithuania. It has a highly digital society — most government services are available online, and it was the first country in the world to allow online voting in national elections.
2. the physical land area and coastline of this Baltic country, including its islan
the physical land area and coastline of this Baltic country, including its islands and position between the Gulf of Finland and Latvia.
Estonia's northern coast faces the Gulf of Finland, just fifty kilometres south of Helsinki.
geographical preposition pattern: coast of + country + faces + body of water
Estonia shares a land border with Russia to the east and Latvia to the south.
country + shares a border with + neighbour
Roughly eight percent of Estonia consists of over two thousand islands in the Baltic Sea.
Sade drove across Estonia in one day, passing through pine forests, farmland, and coastal towns.