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Revision as of 06:39, 7 June 2007 by Nug (talk | contribs) (grammar)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)- Estland is the name for Estonia in German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and some other Germanic languages, with the notable exception of modern English.
- Estland is also an infrequently used historical alternative name for what is now northern Estonia, which at various times has entailed:
- Danish Estonia was a dominion of Denmark in what is now northern Estonia in 1219-1346, and in Ösel in 1206 and in 1559-1645.
- Principality of Estonia (Estland) was a short-lived principality in 1561-1578.
- Swedish Estonia was a dominion of Sweden in 1578-1721 in what is now northern Estonia.
- Reval Governorate was a guberniya of Russian Empire formed in what had previously been Swedish Estonia, and was later known as Governorate of Estonia in 1796-1918.
- Estland was also a local administrative area of one of the Baltic Noble Corporations established during the Middle Ages.
"Estland" is also the name of a phantom island on the Zeno map.
Topics referred to by the same term
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