Estonia

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The name Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeˑstʲi]) is linked to the Aesti, a group of people first written about by a historian from Rome named Tacitus around the year 98 AD. Some historians think Tacitus was describing the Balts, while others believe the name referred to all people living in the eastern Baltic Sea area. Stories from Scandinavia and carvings on Viking stones that mention Eistland are the earliest records that used the name in the way it is used today for the country.

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The name Estonia (Estonian: Eesti [ˈeˑstʲi]) is linked to the Aesti, a group of people first written about by a historian from Rome named Tacitus around the year 98 AD. Some historians think Tacitus was describing the Balts, while others believe the name referred to all people living in the eastern Baltic Sea area. Stories from Scandinavia and carvings on Viking stones that mention Eistland are the earliest records that used the name in the way it is used today for the country.

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