KARELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Karelia mean? 

• KARELIA (noun)
  The noun KARELIA has 1 sense:

1. a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea

  Familiarity information: KARELIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARELIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "Karelia"):

Carelian; Karelian (a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia)

Holonyms ("Karelia" is a part of...):

Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)