Reigilaid (Orjaku)

This article is about the former islet in Orjaku. For the former islet in Rootsi, see Reigilaid (Rootsi).

Reigilaid (lit. 'Reigi Islet', also spelled Reigi laid, also known as Reigi saar 'Reigi Island' or Reigi poolsaar 'Reigi Peninsula') is a former small islet in the Baltic Sea in Orjaku, Estonia.

Geography

Reigilaid lies at the northwest end of Kassari island, in Jausa Bay.[1] It is now a peninsula of the island of Hiiumaa. Reigilaid has an area of 0.30 square kilometers (0.12 sq mi) to 0.36 square kilometers (0.14 sq mi), depending on the measurement,[1] and it has an oblong northwest–southeast orientation. It lies 5 meters (16 ft) above sea level.

Name

The name Reigilaid is a compound, in which the second element, -laid, means 'islet'. Among various theories, the most common is that the first part, Reigi-, derives from a form like *hraukia, *röiki, or *räike, meaning 'stony land, stony region', thus 'stony/rocky island'. The onomastician Aino Naert (1921–2008) pointed out that in the Hiiumaa Swedish dialect öy became i, and that the final -i in Reigi- may be a development of Swedish ö 'island' (from Old Norse ey).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Reigilaid". Eesti Entsüklopeedia. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "Reigi". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved September 27, 2025.

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