Карелия

See also: Карелія, Карэлія, Karelia, Karélia, and Καρελία

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Carelia, ultimately from a Finnic endonym; see Finnish Karjala for further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Каре́лия • (Karélija) f inan (genitive Каре́лии)

  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)
    Synonym: Ка́рьяла (Kárʹjala)

Declension

Declension of Каре́лия (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Каре́лия
Karélija
genitive Каре́лии
Karélii
dative Каре́лии
Karélii
accusative Каре́лию
Karéliju
instrumental Каре́лией, Каре́лиею
Karélijej, Karélijeju
prepositional Каре́лии
Karélii

See also

  • Корела (Korela)
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