Submitted Name
Type Political Subdivision & Region
Scripts Կարելիա(Armenian) კარელია(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. kah-REH-lyah(Armenian) kah-rehl-YAH(Armenian) kə-REE-li-ə(English) kə-RAY-li-ə(English) ka-REH-lya(Polish) [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsK’arelia (Georgian)
[Meaning & History
From Russian Карелия (Kareliya), which is from Karelian and Finnish Karjala derived from Finnish karja meaning "cattle, livestock" combined with the suffix -la denoting location. This is the name of a region in northern Europe as well as a federal subject of Russia. In Norwegian, this name only refers to the Russian republic (see Karelen for the Norwegian name for the region).