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Definition of Carelian
1. Noun. A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia.
2. Noun. A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carelian
Literary usage of Carelian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Traditional Poetry of the Finns by Domenico Comparetti, Isabella Mary Anderton (1898)
"There are also varieties in Carelian itself. During the passage of the songs from
one place to another, a word will find itself in some spot where it is ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... The extreme northern Carelian zone, from the Spitzbergen Islands down to the
Ladoga Lake (opposite the Gulf of Finland), an expanse of about 750 miles. ..."
3. Russia by Alfred Rambaud, Edgar Saltus (1902)
"There he assembled regular soldiers, Cossacks, Tatars, Kalmucks, Ingrian or
Carelian natives, and peasants of the interior, in all more than 40000 men. ..."
4. The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877 by Alfred Rambaud, Graeme Mercer Adam (1904)
"There he assembled regular soldiers, Cossacks, Tatars, Kalmucks, Ingrian or
Carelian natives, and peasants of the interior, in all more than 40000 men. ..."
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