Karelian Definition

kə-rēlē-ən, -rēlyən
adjective
Of Karelia or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
noun
A member of a people living in Karelia and E Finland.
Webster's New World
The Finno-Ugric language of this people.
Webster's New World

Someone from Karelia.

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Synonyms:
  • Carelian
pronoun

A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.

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Other Word Forms of Karelian

Noun

Singular:
Karelian
Plural:
karelians

Karelian Sentence Examples

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

  • 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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Words Starting With

KKAKAR

Words Ending With

NANIAN

Unscrambles

Karelian

Words Starting With K and Ending With N

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