Carelia

See also: carelia and Carélia

English

Proper noun

Carelia

1. Dated form of Karelia.

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Carelia f

1. Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)
2. Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia)

Derived terms

• careliano

Anagrams

• calerai, lacerai

Latin

Alternative forms

• Karēlia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈreː.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈrɛː.li.a]

Proper noun

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

1. Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)
2. Karelia (a republic and federal subject 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)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Karelia

Etymology

From Latin Carelia.

Proper noun

Carelia f

1. Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)
2. Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Karelia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾelja/ [kaˈɾe.lja]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: Ca‧re‧lia

Proper noun

Carelia f

1. Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)
2. Karelia (a republic and federal subject of Russia; official name: República de Carelia)

Related terms

• carelio