Karelia
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Etymology edit
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).[1]
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Proper noun edit
Karelia
- A region to the north of Saint Petersburg in Russia and Finland.
- An autonomous republic of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia.
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region in Russia and Finland
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autonomous republic of Russia
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Translations to be checked: "region and a federal subject in Russia"
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Каре́лия (Karélija), from Medieval Latin Carēlia, from Swedish Karelen and Finnish Karjala.
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Karelia f
- Karelia (a republic of Russia; capital: Petrozavodsk)
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Declension of Karelia
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adjective
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Further reading edit
- Karelia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Karelia f