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Tallinn

/ˈtɑːlɪn/

Tallinn proper noun: the capital city of Estonia.

tallinn: the capital city of Estonia
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Proper noun

Tallinn

  1. The capital city of Estonia.
    • Tallinn – a staunch supporter of Ukraine – has requested consultations under Nato’s article four, which allows members to meet with allies if their security is threatened.2025 September 21, Luke Harding, “German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    Reval
  2. (metonymically) The Estonian government.

Tallinn meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Tallinn in Hindi

capital of Estonia
ताल्लिन tāllin

Tallinn in Tamil

capital of Estonia
தாலின் tāliṉ

Tallinn in Marathi

capital of Estonia
तालिन tālin

Tallinn in Urdu

capital of Estonia
تالین tālin, tallin
More languagesFewer languages
Tallinn in Bengali
তাল্লিন tallin
Tallinn in Malayalam
ടാലിന് ṭāliṉ
Tallinn in Pashto
تالين tālín
Tallinn in Tagalog
Tallinn
Tallinn in Arabic
تَالِين tālīn
Tallinn in Malay
Tallinn
Tallinn in Indonesian
Tallinn
Tallinn in Persian
تالین tâlin
Tallinn in Thai
ทาลลินน์ taal-lin
Tallinn in Vietnamese
Ta-lin
Tallinn in Myanmar
တယ်လင်းမြို့ tailang:mrui.

Synonyms of Tallinn

Origin of Tallinn

Borrowed from Estonian Tallinn (“Tallinn”), compound of old Taani (“Denmark”) and linn ("town", originally "castle").

Words formed from Tallinn

Words that rhyme with Tallinn

Questions about Tallinn

What does Tallinn mean?
Tallinn means the capital city of Estonia.
What is Tallinn in Hindi?
Tallinn in Hindi is ताल्लिन (tāllin). See Tallinn meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tallinn?
Tallinn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tallinn?
Tallinn is pronounced /ˈtɑːlɪn/.

Words near Tallinn in the dictionary

  1. tallimeters
  2. tallimustine
  3. Tallin
  4. Tallington
  5. Tallini
  6. Tallinn
  7. Tallinner
  8. Tallinners
  9. tallipot
  10. tallipots
  11. tallis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tallinn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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