Panga, Saare County
Panga | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Panga Location in Estonia Panga Panga (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 58°33′38″N 22°18′49″E / 58.560556°N 22.313611°E | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Saare County |
| Parish | Saaremaa Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Panga is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, in western Estonia.[1]
Geography
On the coast close to the village is Panga Cliff.
Name
Panga was attested in historical sources as Pancker orth (probably referring to the cliff) in 1554, and as Pancke and Pank in 1645. The name of the village comes from the common noun pank (genitive panga) 'steep rocky coast, bluff, cliff',[2] which is borrowed from Swedish bank 'slope; ridge' or Low German bank 'slope, sandy ridge', probably also influenced by Estonian Swedish baŋk 'rampart on the ground or beach, hardened soil'.[3]
History
Before the administrative reform of 2017, the village was in Mustjala Parish.[4]
References
- ^ "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Panga". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ "bank". Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.