Karelia
[ kuh-reel-yuh; Russian kuh-rye-lyi-yuh ]
/ kəˈril yə; Russian kʌˈryɛ lyɪ yə /
noun
a region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, comprising Lake Ladoga and Onega Lake and the adjoining area along the E border of Finland.
Example sentences from the Web for karelia
The Finns of Karelia are called Za-volok-ian, because they live beyond the volok or watershed.
The Ethnology of the British Islands |Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for karelia
Karelia
/ (kəˈriːlɪə, Russian kaˈreljə) /
noun
a region of NE Europe comprising areas of both Finland and Russia. Following the Russo-Finnish War (1939–40) a large part of what had been Finnish Karelia was annexed by the former Soviet Union; together with the part of Karelia which already belonged to Russia at that time, it corresponds roughly to the modern Karelian Republic in Russia
another name for the Karelian Republic