Estonia
/ɪˈstəʊnɪə
/
A Baltic country on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland; population 1,299,400 (est. 2009); languages, Estonian (official), Russian; capital, Tallinn.
Previously ruled by the Teutonic Knights and then by Sweden, Estonia was ceded to Russia in 1721. It was proclaimed an independent republic in 1918 but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 as a constituent republic, the Estonian SSR. With the break-up of the Soviet Union Estonia regained its independence in 1991
Rhymes
- Long Island
- Long Island City
- Long Island iced tea
- Long Island ice tea
- longitude
- longitudinal
- longitudinally
- longitudinal wave
- long johns
- long jump
- long jumper
- long-lasting
- longleaf pine
- long leg
- long-legged
- long lens
- long-life
- long-limbed
- longline
- longliner
- longlist
- long-lived
- long live ——!
- long-lost
- Long March