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Tallinn

Tallinn

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A capital and largest city of Estonia on the Gulf of Finland
  • proper noun
: Tallin
  • Students in this group came in equal proportions from Tallinn, Tartu, and Kohtla-Järve.
  • the capital of Tallinn
  • Tallinn and Riga
  • Tallinn, Vilnius

Examples

  • Furthermore, compared with other subsamples living in Estonia, the proportion of Tallinn residents was significantly higher among the Estonian high school students.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In 2013, a bas-relief of Yeltsin was unveiled on Tallinn's Nunne Street.

    Academic text (2015)

  • It's moving to Tallinn in a week.

    Tenet (2020)

  • The best way to see Tallinn is to just wander around the Old Town.

    Blog text (16)

  • A cost-effective way to experience everything that Tallinn has to offer is with the Tallinn Card.

    Blog text (16)

  • Most of the students studied in Tallinn and Tartu.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The day I arrived in Tallinn was the day of the nation's parliamentary election.

  • Skype, founded in Tallinn in 2003, spawned a generation of techies and would-be entrepreneurs.

  • An 82-foot-high billboard wrapping Estonia's finance ministry building in its capital, Tallinn, boasts: "The euro, my money."

Surface Forms

Tallinn main

Etymology

Tallinn comes from old Estonian words Taani and linn, meaning 'Danish' and 'city'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Taani-linn as 'Danish city' because, long ago, the Danes controlled the place and the name remembers that history.