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Karelian definition

Ka·re·li·an (kə rēl′yən, -rē′lē ən)

adjective

of Karelia or its people, language, or culture

Etymology: < Karelia < Finn karja, livestock + -la, suffix of place

noun

  1. a member of a people living in Karelia and E Finland
  2. the Finno-Ugric language of this people

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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