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KARELIA
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I. (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)
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