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Estonia's national identity

  National identity and the other   National identity is a term that has multiple meaning, and it has been defined in multiple ways, but the one I am going to be talking about is the definition from the article national identity and the other.(Triandafyllidou,1998). National identity is what gives people the feeling of belonging, the ability to communicate better with nationals than with outsiders. It consists of ethnicities, public culture, common historical memories, legal and economic systems. However, “National Identity has no meaning per se. It becomes meaningful in contrast to other nations” (Triandafyllidou,1998, p. 599).   Multiculturality   Estonia is a diverse country, “Compared with other European countries, Estonia has a large percentage of foreign-born residents and their children, only about two-thirds of the population are ethnic Estonians” (Aruja, 2023). About one quarter of the population are Russians, and other minority groups like Ukrainians, Belar...