Mustjala
Mustjala | |
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Village | |
 Mustjala Church | |
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| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Saare County |
| Parish | Saaremaa Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mustjala is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia.[1]
Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Mustjala Parish.[2]
Admiralty Baltic Pilot Vol II mentions that Mustjala Church, a white stone building with a dark roof, as a 'Useful Mark' for shipping.
Name
[edit | edit source]Mustjala was attested in historical sources as Mustell in 1592. The name of the village is believed to be derived from the anthroponym *Mustjalg (genitive: *Mustjala) 'black leg'.[3]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]Notable people that were born or lived in Mustjala include the following:
- Paul Saagpakk (1910–1996), linguist and lexicographer
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