Karelian

K5A1R1E1L1I1A1N1

adjective

Of, from or relating to the region of Karelia, politically split between the administrative regions of North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Similar
KareliCarelianCarelian languageKarelian language
OriginEnglish Karelia ← Medieval Latin Carēlia ← Finnish Karjala →
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Meanings

adjectiveKarelian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, from or relating to the region of Karelia, politically split between the administrative regions of North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

    Synonyms: Kareli

nounKarelian (plural Karelians)

plural Karelians

  1. A native or inhabitant of the region of Karelia.

    Synonyms: Kareli

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, from or relating to the region of Karelia, politically split between the administrative regions of North Karelia and South Karelia, Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Similar
Kareli

nounA native or inhabitant of the region of Karelia.

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Kareli

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia

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Carelian
Broader
Russian

nouna Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia

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CarelianCarelian languageKarelian language
Broader
FennicFinnicNon-Ugric

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old SwedishKarelen
  2. FinnishKarjala
  3. Medieval LatinCarēlia
  4. EnglishKarelia
  5. EnglishKarelian

From Karelia + -an.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Basque kareliera
  • karelieralanguage
Catalan carelià, carelià
  • careliàof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • careliàlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 卡累利阿人, 卡累里亞語 /卡累里亚语
  • 卡累利阿人 (Kǎlèilì'ā rén)Karelian person
  • 卡累里亞語 /卡累里亚语 (Kǎléilǐyà yǔ)language
  • 卡累利阿語 /卡累利阿语 (Kǎlèilì'ā yǔ)language
Czech karelština
  • karelštinalanguage
Danish karelsk, kareler
  • karelskof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • karelerKarelian person
  • karelsklanguage
Dutch Karelisch
  • Karelischlanguage
Estonian karjala
  • karjalalanguage
Finnish karjala
  • karjalalanguage
French carélien, Carélien
  • carélienof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • CarélienKarelian person
  • CarélienneKarelian person
  • carélienlanguage
German karelisch, Karelier
  • karelischof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • KarelierKarelian person
  • KarelierinKarelian person
  • Karelischlanguage
Hungarian karjalai, karél
  • karjalaiof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • karélof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • karjalaiKarelian person
  • karélKarelian person
  • karjalailanguage
Icelandic Kirjáli, kirjálska
  • KirjáliKarelian person
  • kirjálskalanguage
  • karelskalanguage
  • karelískalanguage
Irish Cairéalach, Cairéalach
  • Cairéalachof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • CairéalachKarelian person
  • Cairéilislanguage
Italian careliano, careliano
  • carelianoof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • carelianoKarelian person
  • carelianaKarelian person
Japanese カレリア人, カレリア語
  • カレリア人 (Kareria jin)Karelian person
  • カレリア語 (Kareria-go)language
Korean 카리알라어
  • 카리알라어 (Karialla'eo)language
Latvian karēļu valoda, karēļu
  • karēļu valodalanguage
  • karēļulanguage
Lithuanian karelų kalba, kareliškai
  • karelų kalbalanguage
  • kareliškailanguage
Norwegian Bokmål karelsk
  • karelsklanguage
Polish karelski, Karel
  • karelskiof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • KarelKarelian person
  • KarelkaKarelian person
  • język karelskilanguage
Portuguese carélio, careliano
  • carélioof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • carelianoof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • carélioKarelian person
  • caréliaKarelian person
  • carelianoKarelian person
  • carelianaKarelian person
  • caréliolanguage
  • karelianolanguage
Romanian carelian, careliană
  • carelianKarelian person
  • carelianăKarelian person
  • carelălanguage
Russian каре́льский, каре́л
  • каре́льский (karélʹskij)of, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • каре́л (karél)Karelian person
  • каре́лка (karélka)Karelian person
  • каре́льский (karélʹskij)language
Slovak karelský, Karelčan
  • karelskýof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • KarelčanKarelian person
Spanish carelio
  • careliolanguage
Swedish karelsk, karelare
  • karelskof, from, or pertaining to Karelia
  • karelareKarelian person
  • karelskaKarelian person
  • karelKarelian person
  • karelskalanguage
Turkish Kareli
  • Karelilanguage
Ukrainian карелія́нська
  • карелія́нська (karelijánsʹka)language

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rilkeana
Cite this entry
APA

Karelian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karelian

MLA

“Karelian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karelian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Karelian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karelian.

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