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Estonia

Estonia is defined as a Baltic republic off the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic sea.

(noun)

An example of Estonia is a republic on the Gulf of Finland with a population of around 1.3 million people and the official languages of Estonian and Russian.

See Estonia in Webster's New World College Dictionary

country in N Europe, on the Baltic Sea: from 1940 to 1991 it was a republic of the U.S.S.R.: 17,413 sq mi (45,099 sq km); pop. 1,566,000; cap. Tallinn

formerly, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

See Estonia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A country of north-central Europe west of Russia, bordering on the Baltic Sea. Settled before the 1st century A.D., it was held successively between the 13th and 18th centuries by the Danes, German Livonian Knights, Swedes, and Russians. Estonia became an independent republic in 1918 but was annexed by the USSR in 1940. Occupied by Germany in 1941, it reverted to Soviet control in 1944 and was known as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. Full independence was gained in 1991. Tallinn is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,320,000.

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