KARELIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Karelian mean? 

• KARELIAN (noun)
  The noun KARELIAN has 2 senses:

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

2. a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia

  Familiarity information: KARELIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARELIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carelian; Karelian

Hypernyms ("Karelian" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Karelian" is a member of...):

Karelia (a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Carelian; Karelian

Hypernyms ("Karelian" is a kind of...):

Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)

 Context examples 

The Karelian Bear Dog has small ears that are cocked and point outward slightly.

(Karelian Bear Dog, NCI Thesaurus)