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Suuresadama

Suuresadama is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County, in northwestern Estonia.

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Settlement.official_name: Suuresadama
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Suuresadama kylamajad.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Estonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hiiu County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hiiumaa Parish
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Suuresadama is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County, in northwestern Estonia.

==Name== Suuresadama was attested in historical sources as Tiefhaven in 1782, Saddam in 1782 and 1798, and Tiefenhafen in 1798. The name means 'big harbor', from 'big' (genitive ) plus 'harbor' (genitive ), referring to the harbor in the village facing the Hari Strait. The German name Tiefenhafen means 'deep harbor'.