English
Etymology
From Karelia + -an.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Karelian (not comparable)
- 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.
- Synonym: Kareli
Derived terms
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Karelia
Noun
Karelian (plural Karelians)
- A native or inhabitant of the region of Karelia.
- Synonym: Kareli
Translations
Karelian person
- Armenian: կարել (hy) (karel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 卡累利阿人 (Kǎlèilì'ā rén)
- Danish: kareler c
- French: Carélien (fr) m, Carélienne (fr) f
- German: Karelier (de) m, Karelierin (de) f
- Hungarian: karjalai, karél (hu)
- Icelandic: Kirjáli m
- Ingrian: karjalain
- Irish: Cairéalach m
- Italian: careliano (it) m, careliana f
- Japanese: カレリア人 (ja) (カレリアじん, Kareria jin)
- Karelian: karjalaine sg, karjalaiset pl
- Livvi: karjalaine sg, karjalazet pl
- Polish: Karel (pl) m, Karelka (pl) f
- Portuguese: carélio (pt) m, carélia f, careliano m, careliana f
- Romanian: carelian m, careliană f
- Russian: каре́л (ru) m (karél), каре́лка (ru) f (karélka)
- Slovak: Karelčan m
- Swedish: karelare c, karelska (sv) c (female), karel c
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Proper noun
Karelian
- A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.
Translations
language
- Armenian: կարելերեն (hy) (kareleren)
- Basque: kareliera
- Belarusian: карэ́льская f (karélʹskaja)
- Breton: karelianeg m
- Catalan: carelià (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎧᎴᎵᎠᏂ (kaleliani)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 卡累里亞語 / 卡累里亚语 (Kǎléilǐyà yǔ), 卡累利阿語 / 卡累利阿语 (zh) (Kǎlèilì'ā yǔ)
- Czech: karelština (cs) f
- Danish: karelsk n
- Dutch: Karelisch (nl) n
- Estonian: karjala (et)
- Finnish: karjala (fi)
- French: carélien (fr) m
- Galician: carelio (gl) m
- German: Karelisch (de) n
- Hungarian: karjalai
- Icelandic: kirjálska f, karelska f, karelíska f
- Ingrian: karjala
- Irish: Cairéilis f
- Japanese: カレリア語 (ja) (Kareria-go)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: karjala, karjalan kieli
- Tver Karelian: kariela, karielan kieli
- Korean: 카리알라어 (Karialla'eo)
- Latvian: karēļu valoda f, karēļu
- Lithuanian: karelų kalba f, kareliškai
- Livvi: karjal, karjalan kieli
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: карел йылме (karel jylme)
- Western Mari: ? йӹлмӹ (? jÿlmÿ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: karelsk m
- Nynorsk: karelsk m
- Polish: karelski (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: carélio (pt) m, kareliano m
- Romanian: carelă f
- Russian: каре́льский (ru) m (karélʹskij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: Karelijanski m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: karelšćina f
- Upper Sorbian: karelšćina f
- Spanish: carelio m
- Swedish: karelska (sv) c
- Turkish: Kareli
- Ukrainian: карелія́нська f (karelijánsʹka)
- Walloon: Carelyin
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Karelian terms
Further reading