Definition of Carelian

1. Noun. A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia.

Exact synonyms: Karelian
Group relationships: Karelia
Generic synonyms: Russian

2. Noun. A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia.
Exact synonyms: Karelian
Generic synonyms: Baltic-finnic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carelian

Carducci
Carduelinae
Carduelis
Carduelis cannabina
Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis cucullata
Carduelis flammea
Carduelis hornemanni
Carduelis spinus
Carduus
Carduus crispus
Carduus nutans
Care Bear
Care Bears
Care Sunday
Carelian (current term)
Caren
Caretta
Caretta caretta
Carew
Carex
Carex arenaria
Carex pseudocyperus
Carey
Carey Coombs murmur
Caria
Cariama
Cariama cristata
Cariamidae
Carian

Literary usage of Carelian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Traditional Poetry of the Finns by Domenico Comparetti, Isabella Mary Anderton (1898)
"There are also varieties in Carelian itself. During the passage of the songs from one place to another, a word will find itself in some spot where it is ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... The extreme northern Carelian zone, from the Spitzbergen Islands down to the Ladoga Lake (opposite the Gulf of Finland), an expanse of about 750 miles. ..."

3. Russia by Alfred Rambaud, Edgar Saltus (1902)
"There he assembled regular soldiers, Cossacks, Tatars, Kalmucks, Ingrian or Carelian natives, and peasants of the interior, in all more than 40000 men. ..."

4. The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877 by Alfred Rambaud, Graeme Mercer Adam (1904)
"There he assembled regular soldiers, Cossacks, Tatars, Kalmucks, Ingrian or Carelian natives, and peasants of the interior, in all more than 40000 men. ..."

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