Karelia
geographical name
Ka·re·lia
| \ kə-ˈrē-lē-ə
, -ˈrēl-yə\
, -ˈrēl-yə\
variants:
or Kareliya
Definition of Karelia
autonomous republic of northwestern Russia in Europe bordering on Finland and the White Sea; formerly (1940–56), as the
Ka*re*lo-Finn*ish Republic
\ kə-ˈrē-(ˌ)lō-ˈfi-nish \
, a constituent republic of the U.S.S.R.; capital Petrozadovsk area 66,564 square miles (172,401 square kilometers), population 643,548
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, a constituent republic of the U.S.S.R.; capital Petrozadovsk area 66,564 square miles (172,401 square kilometers), population 643,548
see also karelian