Estonia

geographical name

Es·​to·​nia e-ˈstō-nē-ə 

-nyə

variants or Estonian Eesti

ˈā-stē 

country of northern Europe bordering on the Baltic Sea; one of the Baltic Provinces of Russia 1721–1917, an independent republic 1918–40, a constituent republic ( called the Estonian Republic ) of the Soviet Union 1940–91; capital Tallinn area 17,463 square miles (45,228 square kilometers), population 1,244,000