Carelia

See also: carelia, and Carélia

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Carelia, Latinized from Swedish Karelen, Finnish Karjala, ultimately from an earlier endonym.

Proper noun

Carelia f

1. Karelia (historical Nordic Baltic-Finnic ethnocultural region, now divided along the frontiers of eastern Finland and northwestern Russia)
2. Karelia (a region and autonomous republic of Russia)

Derived terms

• careliano

Anagrams

• calerai, lacerai

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Karēlia

Etymology

Medieval Latin, Latinized exonym from Swedish Karelen, Finnish Karjala, ultimately from an earlier endonym. Compare Russian Каре́лия (Karélija), loanword of medieval Latinate provenance existing alongside direct borrowing Ка́рьяла (Kárʹjala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈreː.li.a/, [käˈreːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈre.li.a/, [käˈrɛːliä]

Proper noun

Carēlia f sg (genitive Carēliae); first declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. Karelia (historical Nordic Baltic-Finnic ethnocultural region, now divided along the frontiers of eastern Finland and northwestern Russia)
   • Finnia (New Latin)

     Per Secundum Bellum Mundanum, Unio Sovietica Finniam capere saepenumero quaesivit, cum Finnia Careliae, Sallae, Kuusamonis et Petsamonis partes et aliquas insulas amisit, sed independens mansit.

     Throughout the Second World War, the Soviet Union repeatedly sought to capture Finland, when Finland lost parts of Karelia, Salla, Kuusamo, Petsamo, and some islands, but remained independent.

2. Karelia (a region and autonomous republic of Russia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only

	singular
nominative	Carēlia
genitive	Carēliae
dative	Carēliae
accusative	Carēliam
ablative	Carēliā
vocative	Carēlia
locative	Carēliae

Derived terms

• Carēliānus, Carēliānī
• carēlicus
• carēliēnsis

Descendants

• Asturian: Carelia
• → Basque: Karelia
• → Belarusian: Карэ́лія (Karélija)
• Catalan: Carèlia
• → English: Karelia
• French: Carélie
• Galician: Carelia
• → Greek: Καρελία (Karelía)
• → Icelandic: Karelía
• Italian: Carelia
• → Polish: Karelia
• Portuguese: Carélia
• Romanian: Carelia
• → Russian: Каре́лия (Karélija)
• Sicilian: Carelia
• Slovak: Karélia
• Spanish: Carelia
• → Ukrainian: Каре́лія (Karélija)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Karelia

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Carelia, Latinized from Swedish Karelen, Finnish Karjala, ultimately from an earlier endonym.

Proper noun

Carelia f

1. Karelia (historical Nordic Baltic-Finnic ethnocultural region, now divided along the frontiers of eastern Finland and northwestern Russia)
2. Karelia (a region and autonomous republic of Russia)

   Synonym: República de Carelia