Associations to the word «Karelia»

Wiktionary

KARELIA, proper noun. A region to the north of Saint Petersburg in Russia and Finland.
KARELIA, proper noun. An autonomous republic of Russia, official name the Republic of Karelia.

Dictionary definition

KARELIA, noun. A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats