Carelia

Carelia

1. Dated form of Karelia.

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

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)

• careliano

• calerai, lacerai

• Karēlia

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).

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

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)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Carēliānus, Carēliānī
• carēlicus
• carēliēnsis

• Karelia

From Latin Carelia.

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)

• Karelia

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

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

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)