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The name of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeːsʲti]) has a long and complex history. It has been connected to Aesti, first mentioned by Tacitus around AD 98. The name's modern geographical meaning comes from Eistland, Estia and Hestia in the medieval Scandinavian sources. Estonians adopted it as an endonym only in the mid-19th century.

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dbo:abstract	The name of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeːsʲti]) has a long and complex history. It has been connected to Aesti, first mentioned by Tacitus around AD 98. The name's modern geographical meaning comes from Eistland, Estia and Hestia in the medieval Scandinavian sources. Estonians adopted it as an endonym only in the mid-19th century. (en)
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dbp:date	October 2021 (en)
dbp:reason	A lexeme 'eist' is not known in Old Norse, AFAIK; and 'austr' does means 'east', but is irrelevant here, and completely unrelated: ei and au are distinct diphthongs of different origins in Old Norse. (en)
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rdfs:comment	The name of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeːsʲti]) has a long and complex history. It has been connected to Aesti, first mentioned by Tacitus around AD 98. The name's modern geographical meaning comes from Eistland, Estia and Hestia in the medieval Scandinavian sources. Estonians adopted it as an endonym only in the mid-19th century. (en)
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