Karelian

Other forms: Karelians

Definitions of Karelian
  1. noun
    a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
    synonyms: Carelian
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    type of:
    Russian
    a native or inhabitant of Russia
  2. noun
    a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia
    synonyms: Carelian
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    type of:
    Baltic-Finnic
    a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian
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