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Definition: Karelian

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia.[Wordnet]
2. A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia.[Wordnet].

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Date "Karelian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1933. (references)

Common Expressions: Karelian

Expressions Definition
Karelian Bear Dog The Karelian Beardog is a breed of dog that today is used more for hunting moose and deer than it is used for bear hunting, since bears have become rare in Finland. (references)
Karelian Isthmus The isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus is the narrow stretch of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The city of Vyborg and the town of Priozersk are situated on the northwestern end of the isthmus. In the southeast it reaches to Saint Petersburg. Since World War II, when the fronts moved back and forth over the isthmus, it belongs to the Leningrad Oblast of Russia. (references)
Karelian language The Karelian language is a variety closely related to Finnish, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. It belongs to the Finno-Ugric languages, and is distinguished from standard Finnish by some important extensions to the phonology and the lack of influence from modern 19th and 20th century Finnish. There is no standard Karelian language, but each writer writes in their own dialectal form. The script is the Latin alphabet as used for Finnish with letters added. (references)
Karelian pasties Karelian pasties (Karjalanpiirakat in South Karelian dialect of Finnish and Karjalanpiiraat in North Karelian dialect) are traditional pasties from the region of Karelia. Today they are eaten throughout Finland. (references)
North Karelian Group The North Karelian Group (Pohjois-Karjalan Ryhmä, P-KR) was a formation of the Finnish Army (1939) during the Winter War. It defended the wide stretch of border between the Finnish IV Corps and the troops around Suomussalmi. The North Karelian Group fought around Lieksa and Kuhmo where the Soviet 54th Division was defeated with motti-tactics. (references)
Olonets Karelian Olonets-Karelian (East Karelian, Livvi) is the variety of Karelian language spoken by Olonets-Karelians, traditionally inhabiting the area of the Olonka River. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Karelian

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Karelian Isthmus 52     Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941) 25
Karelian question in Finnish politics 29     Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 8
Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941) 25     Karelian Bear Dog 10
Karelian language 22     Karelian Birch (Fabergé egg) 7
Soviet-Finnish conflict 1921—1922 and East Karelian Uprising 16     Karelian Front 7
Karelian Bear Dog 10     Karelian hot pot 4
The Karelian Isthmus 9     Karelian Isthmus 52
To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front 8     Karelian language 22
Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 8     Karelian pasties 4
Karelian Birch (Fabergé egg) 7     Karelian question in Finnish politics 29
Karelian Front 7     Karelian Trains 5
Karelian Trains 5     North Karelian Group 3
Karelian hot pot 4     Olonets Karelian 3
Karelian pasties 4     Soviet-Finnish conflict 1921—1922 and East Karelian Uprising 16
Olonets Karelian 3     The Karelian Isthmus 9
North Karelian Group 3     To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front 8

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonym: Karelian
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

Other

 Carelian.
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Computed Synonyms: Karelian

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 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.7098   Karelian     Carelian         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Karelian

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Albanian karel (Karelian). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut karel (Karelian). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 卡累利語 (Carelian, Karelian), 卡累利人 (Carelian, Karelian). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish karjalainen (Karelian). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian karéliai (Karelian). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese カレリアだ (Karelian). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Lietuvi karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Litauische karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Litewski karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Lithuanian karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Litovskiy karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Liutuviskai karelas (Karelian). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar karéliai (Karelian). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi karelsk (Karelian). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian карельский (Karelian), карел (Karelian), Карельский язык (Karelian language), Карельский перешеек (Karelian Isthmus). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) karelʹskiy (Karelian), karel (Karelian), karelʹskiy yazyk (Karelian language), karelʹskiy peresheek (Karelian Isthmus). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki карельский (Karelian), карел (Karelian), Карельский язык (Karelian language), Карельский перешеек (Karelian Isthmus). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) karelʹskiy (Karelian), karel (Karelian), karelʹskiy yazyk (Karelian language), karelʹskiy peresheek (Karelian Isthmus). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) karelijanski jezik (Karelian), karelijanski (Karelian), karelijanac (Karelian). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip karel (Karelian). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip karel (Karelian). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë karel (Karelian). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip karel (Karelian). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovak karelský (Karelian), karelská (Karelian). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovakian karelský (Karelian), karelská (Karelian). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea karjalainen (Karelian). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi karjalainen (Karelian). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska karelsk (Karelian). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish karelsk (Karelian). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk karel (Karelian). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe karel (Karelian). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Karelian. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Karelian

Language Translations for “Karelian” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Kathagarathagelathagiathagan (Karelian). Additional references: Athag, Karelian. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Kagaragelagiagan (Karelian). Additional references: Double Dutch, Karelian. (volunteer)
Leet ]{^[z£1|^^/ (Karelian). Additional references: Leet, Karelian. (volunteer)
Oppish Koparopelopiopan (Karelian). Additional references: Oppish, Karelian. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Areliankay (Karelian). Additional references: Pig Latin, Karelian. (volunteer)
Terran B karelikan (Karelian). Additional references: Terran B, Karelian. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Kubarubelubiuban (Karelian). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Karelian. (volunteer)
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