Karelian

English

Etymology

From Karelia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Karelian (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to the region of Karelia, politically split between the administrative regions of North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

   Synonym: Kareli

Derived terms

• Karelian Isthmus
• Karelianness
• Karelian pasty
• Karelian pie

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Karelia

• Armenian: կարելական (hy) (karelakan)
• Catalan: carelià (ca)
• Danish: karelsk
• French: carélien (fr)
• German: karelisch (de)
• Hungarian: karjalai, karél (hu)
• Irish: Cairéalach
• Italian: careliano (it)
• Karelian: karjalaine
• Polish: karelski (pl)
• Portuguese: carélio (pt), careliano
• Russian: каре́льский (ru) (karélʹskij)
• Slovak: karelský
• Swedish: karelsk (sv)

Noun

Karelian (plural Karelians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the region of Karelia.

   Synonym: Kareli

Translations

Karelian person

• Armenian: կարել (hy) (karel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡累利阿人 (Kǎlèilì'ā rén)

• Danish: kareler c
• French: Carélien (fr) m, Carélienne (fr) f
• German: Karelier (de) m, Karelierin (de) f
• Hungarian: karjalai, karél (hu)
• Icelandic: Kirjáli m
• Ingrian: karjalain
• Irish: Cairéalach m
• Italian: careliano (it) m, careliana f
• Japanese: カレリア人 (ja) (カレリアじん, Kareria jin)
• Karelian: karjalaine sg, karjalaiset pl
• Kazakh: карел (karel)
• Livvi: karjalaine sg, karjalazet pl
• Polish: Karel (pl) m, Karelka (pl) f
• Portuguese: carélio (pt) m, carélia f, careliano m, careliana f
• Romanian: carelian m, careliană f
• Russian: каре́л (ru) m (karél), каре́лка (ru) f (karélka)
• Slovak: Karelčan m
• Swedish: karelare c, karelska (sv) c (female), karel c

Proper noun

Karelian

1. A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.

Translations

language

• Armenian: կարելերեն (hy) (kareleren)
• Basque: kareliera
• Belarusian: карэ́льская f (karélʹskaja)
• Breton: karelianeg m
• Catalan: carelià (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎧᎴᎵᎠᏂ (kaleliani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡累里亞語 / 卡累里亚语 (Kǎléilǐyà yǔ), 卡累利阿語 / 卡累利阿语 (zh) (Kǎlèilì'ā yǔ)

• Czech: karelština (cs) f
• Danish: karelsk n
• Dutch: Karelisch (nl) n
• Estonian: karjala (et)
• Finnish: karjala (fi)
• French: carélien (fr) m
• Galician: carelio (gl) m
• German: Karelisch (de) n
• Hungarian: karjalai
• Icelandic: kirjálska f, karelska f, karelíska f
• Ingrian: karjala
• Irish: Cairéilis f
• Japanese: カレリア語 (ja) (Kareria-go)
• Karelian:

  North Karelian: karjala, karjalan kieli

  Tver Karelian: kariela, karielan kieli

• Korean: 카리알라어 (Karialla'eo)
• Latvian: karēļu valoda f, karēļu
• Lithuanian: karelų kalba f, kareliškai
• Livvi: karjal, karjalan kieli
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: карел йылме (karel jylme)

  Western Mari: ? йӹлмӹ (? jÿlmÿ)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karelsk m

  Nynorsk: karelsk m

• Polish: karelski (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: carélio (pt) m, kareliano m
• Romanian: carelă f
• Russian: каре́льский (ru) m (karélʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: Karelijanski m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: karelšćina f

  Upper Sorbian: karelšćina f

• Spanish: carelio m
• Swedish: karelska (sv) c
• Turkish: Kareli
• Ukrainian: карелія́нська f (karelijánsʹka)
• Walloon: Carelyin

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Karelian terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Karelian, krl ⁠