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Karelia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈɹiːlɪə/
• /kəˈɹiːljə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Swedish Karelender. Finnish Karjalader. Medieval Latin Carēliabor. English Karelia From Medieval Latin Carelia (akin to Russian Каре́лия (Karélija)), a Latinized form of Swedish Karelen. The Swedish word was probably mediated through Old Novgorodian Корѣла (Korěla), itself from the Finnic endonym (compare Finnish Karjala, which see for more).

Meanings

1. A historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland.
2. A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia. Capital: Petrozavodsk.

Deriveds

Olonets Karelia

Relateds

Karelian · Joensuu · Kareli · Petrozavodsk

Translations (98)

krl Karjalan tašavalta (autonomous republic of Russia) · nn Karelen (region in Russia and Finland) · cmn 卡累利阿 (region in Russia and Finland) · lv Karēlijas Republika (autonomous republic of Russia) · es República de Carelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · eo Karelio (region in Russia and Finland) · da Fjernkarelen (autonomous republic of Russia) · es Carelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · sk Karelsko (region in Russia and Finland) · nb Republikken Karelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · lt Karelija (region in Russia and Finland) · ga Poblacht na Cairéile (autonomous republic of Russia) · ro Carelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · ky Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · ja カレリア (region in Russia and Finland) · sh Карелија (region in Russia and Finland) · uk Каре́лія (region in Russia and Finland) · alt Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · krl Kariela (region in Russia and Finland) · oc Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · sv Carelen (region in Russia and Finland) · krl Karjala (region in Russia and Finland) · bua Карели (region in Russia and Finland) · eu Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) · sl Karelija (region in Russia and Finland) · es Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · ca Carèlia (autonomous republic of Russia) · ru Каре́лия (region in Russia and Finland) · da Karelske Republik (autonomous republic of Russia) · ca Carèlia (region in Russia and Finland) · fi Karjala (region in Russia and Finland) · pl Karelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · ro Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · kk Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · ro Republica Carelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · hy Կարելիայի Հանրապետություն (autonomous republic of Russia) · pt Carélia (autonomous republic of Russia) · gl Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · nb Karelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · tyv Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · nl Karelië (region in Russia and Finland) · vep Karjal (autonomous republic of Russia) · nb Karelen (region in Russia and Finland) · es Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) · ga an Chairéil (region in Russia and Finland) · da Karelen (autonomous republic of Russia) · sh Karelija (region in Russia and Finland) · mk Карелија (region in Russia and Finland) · de Karelien (region in Russia and Finland) · olo Karjal (autonomous republic of Russia) · th คาเรเลีย (autonomous republic of Russia) · be Карэ́лія (region in Russia and Finland) · izh Karjala (region in Russia and Finland) · bg Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · vep Karjal (region in Russia and Finland) · hy Կարելիա (region in Russia and Finland) · pl Republika Karelii (autonomous republic of Russia) · cs Karélie (region in Russia and Finland) · da Østkarelen (autonomous republic of Russia) · ko 카렐리야 (region in Russia and Finland) · fr République de Carélie (autonomous republic of Russia) · sv Karelska republiken (autonomous republic of Russia) · sq Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) · hy Կարելիա (autonomous republic of Russia) · et Karjala (region in Russia and Finland) · fr Carélie (region in Russia and Finland) · it Carelia (autonomous republic of Russia) · ga an Chairéil (autonomous republic of Russia) · krl Karjala (autonomous republic of Russia) · fi Karjalan tasavalta (autonomous republic of Russia) · pl Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) · de Republik Karelien (autonomous republic of Russia) · de Karelien (autonomous republic of Russia) · gd Karelia (region in Russia and Finland) · kjh Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · ba Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · it Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · olo Karjalan tazavaldu (autonomous republic of Russia) · sah Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · olo Karjal (region in Russia and Finland) · th คาเรเลีย (region in Russia and Finland) · tr Karelya (region in Russia and Finland) · ka კარელია (region in Russia and Finland) · da Karelen (region in Russia and Finland) · la Carelia (region in Russia and Finland) · tt Карелия (region in Russia and Finland) · ru Каре́лия (autonomous republic of Russia) · sv Karelen (autonomous republic of Russia) · lv Karēlija (region in Russia and Finland) · nl Karelië (autonomous republic of Russia) · el Καρελία (region in Russia and Finland) · fr Carélie (autonomous republic of Russia) · pt República da Carélia (autonomous republic of Russia) · sv Karelen (region in Russia and Finland) · hu Karélia (region in Russia and Finland) · sv Kirjalaland (region in Russia and Finland) · he קרליה (region in Russia and Finland) · pt Carélia (region in Russia and Finland)