1. a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia; [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
2. a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia; [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Carelian
n 1: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in
northwestern European Russia [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
2: a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia [syn:
Karelian, Carelian]