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Sild (band)
Sild is an Estonian language surname meaning "bridge". As of 1 January 2021, 524 men and 544 women in Estonia have the surname Sild. Sild is ranked the 65th most common surname for men in Estonia and 61st for women. The surname Sild is most common in Viljandi County, where 21.55 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname.Nimede statistika ''Sutt''. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021. Notable people bearing the surname Sild include: * Arno Sild (born 1947), politician * (born 1942), actress * Heino Sild (1944–2009), shot putter * |
Kuressaare
Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. The town is situated on the southern coast of Saaremaa island, facing the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea, and is served by the Kuressaare Airport, Roomassaare harbour, and Kuressaare yacht harbour. Names Kuressaare's historic name Arensburg (from Middle High German ''a(a)r:'' eagle, raptor) renders the Latin denotation ''arx aquilae'' for the city's castle. The fortress and the eagle, tetramorph symbol of Saint John the Evangelist, are also depicted on Kuressaare's coat of arms. The town, which grew around the fortress, was simultaneously known as Arensburg and Kuressaarelinn; the latter name being a combination of ''Kuressaare''—an ancient name of the Saaremaa Island—and ''linn'', which means ''town''.Pospelov, p. 28 Alternative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saaremaa
Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island is Kuressaare, which in January 2018 had 13,276 inhabitants. The whole island had a recorded population in January 2020 of 31,435. Etymology In old Scandinavian sources, Saaremaa is called ''Eysysla'' and in the Icelandic Sagas ''Eysýsla'' (Old Norse: ), meaning "the district (land) of island". The island is called ''Saaremaa'' in Estonian language, Estonian, and in Finnish language, Finnish ''Saarenmaa''—literally "isle land" or "island land",Toomse, Liine. "10 Estonian Islands You Should Visit." http://www.traveller.ee/blog/tallinn/10-estonian-islands-you-should-visit. Retrieved 8 March 2016. i.e. the same as the Scandinavian name for the island. The old Scandinavian name is also the origin of the island's name in Danish language, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljandi County
Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties. History Viljandimaa, under the German name of ''Kreis Fellin'', was an important centre of commerce and power in the Middle Ages. Today, there are numerous castle ruins there dating from that time. Soomaa National Park is a national park located partially within Viljandi County, Estonia. Soomaa ("land of bogs") protects 390 km2, and is a Ramsar site of protected wetlands. The park was created in 1993. Retrieved 25 January 2016. County government The |
Arno Sild
Arno Sild (born 26 April 1947 in Rammuka, Võru County) is an Estonian politician. He has been member of XIII Riigikogu. In 1971 he graduated from University of Tartu in law. Since 1992 he has been a member of several agrarian or conservative parties, including Estonian Conservative People's Party. References Living people 1947 births Conservative People's Party of Estonia politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 University of Tartu alumni People from Rõuge Parish {{Estonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eili Sild
Eili Sild (born 26 October 1942) is an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress whose career began on the theatre stage in the early 1960s and has spanned over fifty years. Early life and education Eili Sild was born in Tallinn. She attended the Tallinn 7th Secondary School (now, the Tallinn English College), graduating in 1961. In 1963, she graduated from the Tallinn Feature and Newsreel Film Studio (now, Tallinnfilm) and afterwards studied acting at the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS) (now, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts) in Moscow, where she graduated in 1976. Stage career In 1963, shortly after graduating from the Tallinn Feature and Newsreel Film Studio, Sild began an engagement as an actress at the Ugala theatre in Viljandi. She would remain an actress with the Ugala (with some intermissions) until 1980. Afterward, she joined the Vanalinnastuudio theatre (Old Town Studio theatre) in Tallinn in 1980, leaving in 1996 and becoming a freelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heino Sild
Heino Sild (10 April 1944 – 9 May 2009) was an Estonian track and field athlete, who mostly competed in shot put events. He was born in Tallinn. He started his athletics exercising under the guidance of Viktor Vaiksaar. 1979–1980 he competed at the final of Soviet Union Championships. 1972–1985 he won 8 times Estonian championships in shot put. 1971–1985 he was a member of Estonian national athletics team. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sild, Heino 1944 births 2009 deaths Estonian male shot putters Athletes from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Sild
Lauri Sild (born 28 May 1990) is an Estonian orienteer. He was born in Valga. His parents are orienteers Sixten Sild of Estonia and Sarmite Sild of Latvia, and his older brother is orienteer Timo Sild. In 2014 he graduated from the University of Tartu's Institute of Physical Education. He started his orienteer exercising in 1997, coached by his mother. Since 2009 his coach is Tiit Tali. 2011-2021 he has competed in World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 20 ...; best place is 4th in relay (2017). He is 20-times Estonian champion. In 2013 he was named as Best Man Orienteer of Estonia. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sild, Lauri Living people 1990 births Estonian orienteers University of Tartu alumni Estonian people of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixten Sild
Sixten Sild (born 19 June 1964, in Tartu) is an Estonian orienteering competitor, bronze medallist for the Soviet Union in the world championships, and later competing for Estonia. He received a bronze medal in the ''classic course'' at the World Orienteering Championships in Mariánské Lázně in 1991.World Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 19, 2008) He finished 4th in the '''' in 1989, and 5th in 1991 with the Soviet team. Sild's best overall performance in the |
Timo Sild
Timo Sild (born February 26, 1988) is an Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion. Family Timo is the elder son of orienteers Sixten Sild of Estonia and Sarmite Sild of Latvia. His younger brother is called Lauri Sild. Career Junior World Championships He became Junior World Champion in the ''relay'' in Druskininkai in 2006, together with Mihkel Järveoja and Markus Puusepp.Junior World Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 8, 2008) – World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 8, 2008) He received a |
