Karelian meaning

kə-rē'lē-ən, -rēl'yən
Of or relating to Karelia or its people, language, or culture.
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A native or inhabitant of Karelia.
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The Finnic language spoken in Karelia.
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Of Karelia or its people, language, or culture.
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A member of a people living in Karelia and E Finland.
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The Finno-Ugric language of this people.
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Of, or pertaining to, Karelia or its people, culture or language.
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Someone from Karelia.
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A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.
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Sentence Examples

  • It was Torkel Knutson who conquered and connected the Karelian Finlanders in 1293, and built the strong castle of Viborg.

  • In Russian Lapland alone there are three, due to the influence of Norwegian, Karelian and Russian (Lonnrot, Ada Soc. Sci.

  • The Karelian craton is relatively underexplored given its size.

  • Today I inspected our Karelian fortifications and on the whole found the situation tolerable.

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