Meanings
proper noun
- A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.
Origin
- Proto-Finnic*emä
- Estonianema
- Proto-Finnic*joki
- Estonianjõgi
- EstonianEmajõgi
- EnglishEmajõgi
From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) + jõgi (“river”).
More words from Estonian
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Bulgarian Емайъги
- Емайъги (Emajăgi)river in Estonia
Czech Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Danish Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Dutch Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Estonian Emajõgi, Suur Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
- Suur Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Finnish Emajoki
- Emajokiriver in Estonia
French Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
German Emajõgi, Embach
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
- Embachriver in Estonia
Hungarian Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Italian Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Korean 에마조기 강
- 에마조기 강river in Estonia
Latvian Emajegi, Mētra
- Emajegiriver in Estonia
- Mētrariver in Estonia
Lithuanian Emajegis
- Emajegisriver in Estonia
Norwegian Bokmål Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Portuguese Embach
- Embachriver in Estonia
Russian Эмайыги
- Эмайыги (Emajygi)river in Estonia
Spanish Emajogi
- Emajogiriver in Estonia
Turkish Emajõgi
- Emajõgiriver in Estonia
Cite this entry
APA
Emajõgi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emaj%C3%B5gi
MLA
“Emajõgi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emaj%C3%B5gi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Emajõgi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emaj%C3%B5gi.
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