Estonia (Viro)
Estonian and Finnish are quite closely related and share many words that differ only slightly, such as saar (Estonian) and saari (Finnish) for island. Many Estonian toponyms and even people's names are simply treated in Finnish as though they were Finnish words, creating an unlimited number of potentially existing exonyms, an exhaustive list of which would be impossible as well as pointless to compile. Below are some frequently encountered examples of these, as well as those where the difference is significant.
- Hiiumaa Hiidenmaa
- Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järvi
- Kuressaare Kuressaari
- Naissaar Naissaari
- Saaremaa Saarenmaa
- Tallinn Tallinna
- Reval Rääveli (historical)
- Tartu Tartto
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