Karelia

See also: Karélia and Karelią

English

Parts of Karelia, as they are divided today.

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹiːlɪə/, /kəˈɹiːljə/

Proper noun

Karelia

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

Derived terms

• Olonets Karelia

Related terms

• Kareli
• Karelian

Translations

region in Russia and Finland

• Albanian: Karelia
• Armenian: Կարելիա (hy) (Karelia)
• Bashkir: Карелия (Kareliya)
• Basque: Karelia
• Belarusian: Карэ́лія f (Karélija)
• Bulgarian: Карелия f (Karelija)
• Buryat: Карели (Karjeli)
• Catalan: Carèlia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡累利阿 (zh) (Kǎlèilì'ā)

• Czech: Karélie (cs) f
• Danish: Karelen n
• Dutch: Karelië (nl) f
• Esperanto: Karelio
• Estonian: Karjala (et)
• Finnish: Karjala (fi)
• French: Carélie (fr) f
• Galician: Carelia f
• Georgian: კარელია (ḳarelia)
• German: Karelien (de) n
• Greek: Καρελία f (Karelía)
• Hebrew: קרליה
• Hungarian: Karélia (hu)
• Ingrian: Karjala
• Irish: an Chairéil f
• Italian: Carelia f
• Japanese: カレリア (Kareria)
• Karelian:

  Karelian Proper: Karjala

  Livvi-Karelian: Karjal

  Tver Karelian: Kariela

• Kazakh: Карелия (Kareliä)
• Khakas: Карелия (Kareliya)
• Korean: 카렐리야 (karelliya)
• Kyrgyz: Карелия (ky) (Kareliya)
• Latin: Carelia f
• Latvian: Karēlija f
• Lithuanian: Karelija f
• Macedonian: Карелија f (Karelija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Karelen

  Nynorsk: Karelen

• Occitan: Carelia f
• Polish: Karelia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Carélia f
• Romanian: Carelia f
• Russian: Каре́лия (ru) f (Karélija)
• Scottish Gaelic: Karelia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Карелија f

  Roman: Karelija f

• Slovak: Karelsko n
• Slovene: Karelija f
• Southern Altai: Карелия (Kareliya)
• Spanish: Carelia f, Karelia (es) f
• Swedish: Karelen (sv) n, Carelen n (obsolete), Kirjalaland n (historic)
• Tatar: Карелия (Qareliyä)
• Thai: คาเรเลีย (kaa-ree-liia)
• Turkish: Karelya
• Tuvan: Карелия (Kareliya)
• Ukrainian: Каре́лія f (Karélija)
• Veps: Karjal
• Yakut: Карелия (Kareliya)

autonomous republic of Russia

• Armenian: Կարելիա (hy) (Karelia), Կարելիայի Հանրապետություն (Kareliayi Hanrapetutʻyun)
• Catalan: Carèlia f
• Danish: Karelske Republik c, Karelen n, Østkarelen n, Fjernkarelen n
• Dutch: Karelië (nl) f
• Finnish: Karjalan tasavalta (fi)
• French: Carélie (fr) f, République de Carélie f
• German: Republik Karelien f, Karelien (de) n
• Irish: an Chairéil f, Poblacht na Cairéile f
• Italian: Carelia f
• Karelian:

  Karelian Proper: Karjalan tašavalta, Karjala

  Livvi-Karelian: Karjalan tazavaldu, Karjal

• Latvian: Karēlijas Republika f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Karelia, Republikken Karelia m

• Polish: Karelia (pl) f, Republika Karelii (pl) f
• Portuguese: República da Carélia f, Carélia f
• Romanian: Carelia f, Republica Carelia f
• Russian: Каре́лия (ru) f (Karélija)
• Spanish: República de Carelia (es) f, Carelia f
• Swedish: Karelen (sv) n, Karelska republiken c
• Thai: คาเรเลีย (kaa-ree-liia)
• Veps: Karjal

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "region and a federal subject in Russia"

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} كَارِيلِيَا f (kārīliyā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 卡累利阿 (zh) (Kǎlèilì'ā)

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} Karjala (et)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} Karelen
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Kirjálaland n, ^{(please verify)} Karelía f, ^{(please verify)} Kirjálahérað n
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} カレリア (Kareria)
• Old Norse: ^{(please verify)} Kirjálaland n
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Karelya
• Võro: ^{(please verify)} Kar'ala
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} קאַרעליע (karelye)

See also

• Petrozavodsk
• Joensuu

Polish

10 – Republic of Karelia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Каре́лия (Karélija), from Medieval Latin Carēlia, from Swedish Karelen and Finnish Karjala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrɛ.lja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlja
• Syllabification: Ka‧re‧lia

Proper noun

Karelia 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)

Declension

Declension of Karelia

	singular
nominative	Karelia
genitive	Karelii
dative	Karelii
accusative	Karelię
instrumental	Karelią
locative	Karelii
vocative	Karelio

Derived terms

adjective

• karelski

nouns

• Karel
• Karelka

Further reading

• Karelia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Carelia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Karelia 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)