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Country name Estonia, in 33 editions.
The entry for Estonia published Country name in 33 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2025. The text changed in 13 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 13
- the first edition with it
- 1992
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Long-form name”
Republic of Estonia
Republic of Estonia
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Rewritten: too little of the 1992 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form:
Republic of Estonia
conventional short form:
Estonia
local long form:
Eesti Vabariik
local short form:
Eesti
former:
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The entry for Estonia did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form :
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: form : Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form : form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia conventional short form: Estonia local long form: Eesti Vabariik local short form: Eesti former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form:
Republic of Estonia
conventional short form:
Estonia
local long form:
Eesti Vabariik
local short form:
Eesti
former:
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
former:
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- etymology:
- the country name may be derived from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
etymology: the country name may be derived from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
The same text in 3 editions, 2018 to 2020.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- etymology:
- the country name may derive from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
etymology: the country name may be derived derive from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
The same text in 4 editions, 2021 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (while occupied by the USSR)
- etymology:
- the country name may derive from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (while occupied by the USSR)
etymology: the country name may derive from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Estonia
- conventional short form:
- Estonia
- local long form:
- Eesti Vabariik
- local short form:
- Eesti
- former:
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (while occupied by the USSR)
- etymology:
- derives from the name of the people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D., which came from the Baltic word aueist , meaning "waterside dwellers"
conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (while occupied by the USSR)
etymology: derives from the country name may derive from of the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D. A.D., which came from the Baltic word aueist , meaning "waterside dwellers"
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Estonia: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1992–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/estonia/country-name.