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Pakri Islands
Pakri Islands ((エストニア語:Pakri saared), (スウェーデン語:Rågöarna)) are two Estonian islands in the Finnish Gulf: Suur-Pakri and Väike-Pakri ((スウェーデン語:Stora Rågö) and ). Administratively they belong to the town of Paldiski. For centuries the islands had been inhabited by Estonian Swedes, until during the Second World War the entire population was forced to leave.
==Etymology==
The Swedish name of the islands ''Rågöarna'' means ''Rye Islands'' - historically rye was the primary crop grown on the island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pakri Islands' Development Foundation )〕 Thus ''Stora Rågö'' and ''Lilla Rågö'' mean ''Big Rye Island'' and ''Small Rye Island'', respectively. Alternative names for the two islands are ''Västra Rågö''/''Västerö'' and ''Östra Rågö''/''Österö'' (''West Island'' and ''East Island'').
In terms of area Väike-Pakri (''Small-Pakri'') is actually somewhat larger than Suur-Pakri (''Big-Pakri''). The reason for this contradiction is probably that Suur-Pakri had more inhabitants and better farming lands and was reckoned as more important.〔
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