Tapa

A settlement in Estonia.

English name

Tapa — Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

• Taps — German historical name used for the railway town before Estonian naming.

French name

Tapa — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

• Taps — Former German name explicitly used in French locality history; the reference dates official replacement to 1920.

About

Tapa is a town in northern Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. Its railway junction and military garrison have strongly shaped its development.

Notes

Bare English Tapa reaches disambiguation Q295436. Correct settlement reference Tapa, Estonia and supplied Q650577 used; French Taps is historical. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa_(Estonie) ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650577 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa,_Estonia.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q650577 · JSON

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