Suure-Rootsi

Suure-Rootsi
Village
Country	Estonia
County	Saare County
Parish	Saaremaa Parish
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Suure-Rootsi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. ^[1]

Name

Suure-Rootsi was attested in historical sources as Groß Rotzeküll in 1788, Rotzi gros in 1798, Gross Rotzküll in 1811, and Сууре Роотси (Suuree Rootsi) in 1903. The name of the village literally means 'big Swedish (village)', semantically contrasting with neighboring Väike-Rootsi, literally 'little Swedish (village)'. Both villages are named after their historical Swedish population. ^[2]

History

From 1977 to 1997, together with neighboring Väike-Rootsi and Ennu, Suure-Rootsi was included in the village of Vätta. After 1997, the name Vätta continued to apply to the area and to the Vätta Peninsula  [ et ]. ^[3]

Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Pihtla Parish. ^[4]

References

1. "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
2. "Suure-Rootsi". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
3. "Vätta". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
4. "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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