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Karelian, n. and a.|kəˈriːlɪən|
Also Carelian.
[f. Karelia, name of a region in Eastern Finland and of a republic in the adjoining parts of the U.S.S.R.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Karelia.
b. The Finno-Ugric language of this people.
1855R. Sears Illustr. Descr. Russ. Empire iii. 94 The district of the government traversed by this canal is inhabited by a tribe of Carelians. 1879Encycl. Brit. VIII. 700/1 Finnic or Ugrian represented by (a) Finnish proper or Suonic, (b) Karelian. 1882Ibid. XIV. 307/2 The Karelians were pressing on the Eastern Lapps. 1921Glasgow Herald 21 Nov. 10 The Karelians want..to open..peace negotiations. 1931K. M. Stewart-Murray Conscription of a People vii. 75 The conscription of 30,000 Karelians for lumbering early in 1931. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans vii. 220 The east [of Finland is inhabited] by Karelians. 1942K. W. Deutsch in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 600 Seven of these [smaller nations] reached some form of statehood between 1900 and 1941: Albanians, Irish, Byelo-Russians, Karelians, Moldavians—the three last-named only as ‘Union Republics’ within the federal framework of the U.S.S.R., [etc.]. 1961L. F. Brosnahan Sounds of Lang. viii. 177 In Finno-Ugrian it [sc. palatalisation opposition] is present in eastern dialects of Finnish and Estonian, southern Karelian, and in all the languages of this family which occur to the east. 1967E.-L. Wuorio Midsummer Lokki iii. 93 Kalle Koli, Finnish war-hero, Karelian, ex-gentleman farmer, and now an evacuee.
B. adj. Of or relating to Karelia, the Karelians, or their language.
1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 218/2 It was Torkel Knutson who conquered and connected the Karelian Finlanders in 1293. 1920Glasgow Herald 29 Oct. 9/2 The Karelian population in the governments of Archangel and Olonets will enjoy the right to national self-determination. 1954Chambers's World Gazetteer 357/1 The great Finnish epic Kalevala is of Karelian origin. 1967E.-L. Wuorio Midsummer Lokki iii. 72 The heavy Karelian accent made it difficult for Luke to understand. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 331 Karelian birch cigar cases..enjoyed quite a vogue in the first 30 years of this century. 1974Sci. Amer. Sept. 101/1 After World War II some 2·7 million Sudeten Germans were transferred to Germany and 415,000 Karelian Finns were moved to Finland. |