Karelia

Parts of Karelia, as they are divided today.

Meaning

Proper Noun

A region to the north of Saint Petersburg in Russia and Finland.
(autonomous) republic Russia (country) .

Origin

From Medieval Latin Carelia (akin to Russian Каре́лия), a Latinized form of Swedish Karelen. The Swedish word was probably mediated through Old Novgorodian Корѣла, itself from the endonym (compare Finnish Karjala, which see for more)..

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