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KARELIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia
Synonyms:
Carelian; Karelian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Karelian" is a kind of...):
Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
Synonyms:
Carelian; Karelian
Classified under:
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)