Estonify

present singular third person Estonifies · participle present Estonifying · participle past Estonified · past Estonified

1. to make Estonian

   It has been proposed that those who do not know Estonia should be kicked out, but Hint, as a middle-of-the-roader, advocates moderation. “What is essential is to Estonify Tallinn.

   1992, FBIS Report: Central Eurasia

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   It should be mentioned that sometimes, especially in the historical novels and novellas by Jaan Kross, the old Tallinn is somewhat Estonified, much like Vilnius is Lithuanized in other places.

   2015, Urban Semiotics: the City as a Cultural-Historical Phenomen, Tallinn University Press / Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, →ISBN, page 58

   It will be shown that the Estonian interpretations of Soviet nationality policy are conceived in a more rational, if not more liberal, vein than is commonplace elsewhere in the Soviet Union, and that the Communist party of Estonia is becoming increasingly Estonified despite the heavy Russian presence in both the rank and file and the top leadership.

   2019, Tonu Parming, Elmar Jarvesoo, Case Study Soviet Republic, Routledge, →ISBN