Olonets
/ˈɒlənɛts/ /ɒˈlɒn(j)ɛts/(also Olonec)
noun
A Finno-Ugric language (one of the principal varieties of Karelian), mainly spoken in the area between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega.
- Also called Aunus, Livvi or Olonetsian..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Language. Probably shortened from Olonetsian, but perhaps either from Russian olonec-, or directly from Olonec (also transliterated Olonets), the name of a town (also known as Aunus) and former province in north-western Russia, now part of the Republic of Karelia within the Russian Federation. Compare Finnish aunus.
- oriental emerald
- Oriental hellebore
- orientalia
- orientalism
- orientalist
- orientality
- orientalize
- Oriental Jew
- Oriental language
- Oriental Lowestoft
- orientally
- oriental plane
- oriental plane tree
- oriental poppy
- oriental rug
- oriental sore
- oriental topaz
- orientate
- orientation
- orientational
- orientationally
- orientation course
- orientation triad
- orientator
- orienteer