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/, /kəˈɹeɪlɪə/, /kəˈɹɛlɪə/

Proper noun

Karelia

1. A region to the north of Saint Petersburg in Russia and Finland.
2. An autonomous republic of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia.

Derived terms

• Olonets Karelia

Related terms

• Kareli
• Karelian

Translations

region in Russia and Finland

• Armenian: Կարելիա (hy) (Karelia)
• Bashkir: Карелия (Kareliya)
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: Karjala (et)
• Finnish: Karjala (fi)
• French: Carélie (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Kazakh: Карелия (Kareliä)
• Khakas: Карелия (Kareliya)
• Kyrgyz: Карелия (ky) (Kareliya)
• Latin: Carelia f
• Latvian: Karēlija f
• Lithuanian: Karelija f
• Livvi: Karjal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Karelen

• Occitan: Carelia f
• Polish: Karelia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Carélia f
• Romanian: Carelia f
• Russian: Каре́лия (ru) f (Karélija)
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Karelsko n
• 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
• Latvian: Karēlijas Republika f
• Livvi: Karjal
• 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 republic of Russia; capital: Petrozavodsk)

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

Proper noun

Karelia f

1. Karelia (a region and republic of Russia)