Estonia is a small country in northern Europe, on the Baltic Sea. Latvia sits to the south, Russia to the east, and Finland is across the water. The capital is Tallinn.

Estonia is a small countryEstonia是一個小國 in northern Europe在北歐，on the Baltic Sea波羅的海邊。Latvia sits to the south南邊是Latvia（拉脫維亞），Russia to the east東邊是Russia（俄羅斯），and Finland is across the water芬蘭則隔著海。The capital is TallinnThe capital是Tallinn（塔林）。

It is one of the three Baltic countries, together with Latvia and Lithuania — though actually its language is not like theirs, which the map makes people guess. It was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. It joined the European Union in 2004. A little over a million people live there.

It is one of the three Baltic countries它是三個波羅的海國家之一，together with Latvia and Lithuania另外兩個是Latvia和Lithuania——though actually its language is not like theirs不過它的語言其實跟另外兩國不一樣，which the map makes people guess只是地圖上的位置讓人容易誤猜。It was part of the Soviet Union它曾是蘇聯的一部分 until 1991直到1991年。It joined the European Union它加入歐盟 in 2004是在2004年。A little over a million people一百多萬人 live there住在那裡。

English borrowed the name from Medieval Latin Estonia. Early Latin also had forms like Estia and Hestia. The name may go back to a people called the Aestiī, whom the Roman writer Tacitus mentioned about 98 AD.

English borrowed the name英文這個名字是借來的 from Medieval Latin Estonia從中世紀拉丁文的Estonia。Early Latin also had forms like Estia and Hestia早期拉丁文裡也有Estia和Hestia這樣的寫法。The name may go back to a people called the Aestiī這個名字可能可以追溯到一個叫Aestiī的民族，whom the Roman writer Tacitus mentioned about 98 AD羅馬作家Tacitus大約在西元98年提到過他們。

Older English once said Ēstland (you can still hear Estland in German, and similar names in Old Norse and Icelandic). Those older English names have been replaced; the country is Estonia now.

Older English once said Ēstland更早的英文曾經說Ēstland (you can still hear Estland in German, and similar names in Old Norse and Icelandic)（德文裡至今還說Estland，古諾斯語和冰島語也有類似的名字）。Those older English names have been replaced那些較舊的英文名字已經被取代；the country is Estonia now這個國家現在就叫Estonia。

In English the stress sits on the second part: ess-TOH-nee-uh. Use a capital E; it is a place name, not a common noun.

In English在英文裡，the stress sits on the second part重音在第二個音節：ess-TOH-nee-uhess-TOH-nee-uh。Use a capital EE要大寫；it is a place name, not a common noun這是地名，不是普通名詞。