Karjala

karjala Finnish Pronunciation fi Etymology 1 thumb|upright|Current administrative regions of Karelia thumb|upright|Historical regions of Karelia, with modern country borders superimposed; prior to the Second World War, the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia were also part of Finland fi Karelia The traditional theory says that the name is simply fi karja la toponym. In modern Finnish, fi karja means livestock, cattle; one explanation says that the name fi Karjala originally meant pasture (and fi karjalainen Karelian originally meant cattle herder). Another explanation points out that the Finnish word was borrowed from gem-pro *harjaz army, and this original meaning army might be the one seen in fi Karjala. Alternatively, Saarikivi (2024) has remarked that the other forms of the name, notably krl Kariela found in Tver Karelian, are more likely to be primary (rather than secondary due to e.g. Russian influence); the oldest form found in Slavic corresponds to ru Корела. Most likely, this name originally referred to a smaller region or even a town, such as Käkisalmi (Priozersk, first mentioned in historical records as zle-ono Корѣла since 1143). The name could derive a given name like fi *Karie, fi *Karei (possibly akin to fi karkea, compare olo karei), or from an old Orthodox given name, in either case with fi -la<id:toponym>. The place name is first attested in Latin text as la Cariali in 1257.20 For the surname, compare fi Karjalainen. Proper noun fi Karelia Q192273 fi Finnish Usage notes The Russian Republic of Karelia is referred to as fi Karjalan tasavalta in Finnish. Declension Karjal a Derived terms fi Aunuksen Karjala karjala karjalainen Karjalainen Karjalan tasavalta Laatokan Karjala luovutettu Karjala Tverin Karjala Vienan Karjala fi compounds Etelä-Karjala Karjalankannas karjalankarhukoira karjalanneito karjalanpaisti karjalanpiirakka karjalanpiiras karjalanruusu karjalantalo Muinais-Karjala Pohjois-Karjala Raja-Karjala Statistics dvv_20250813 312 2547 8 References Etymology 2 fi municipality fi karja- la toponym. May be named after fi Karjakoski (probably fi karja + fi koski), a village near Mynämäki, perhaps because it was the village from which settlers arrived in fi Karjala (the village after which the municipality was named). Proper noun fi former municipality p/Varsinais-Suomi in southwestern c/Finland, formerly and since 1977 again part of Mynämäki. Usage notes Some sources used an unofficial name fi Karjala Tl (with fi Tl standing for fi Turun (ja Porin) lääni Turku (and Pori) Province) to distinguish the municipality from the sense Karelia. Declension sg Karjal a Derived terms fi karjalalainen References Further reading Disambiguation page for fi Karjala (täsmennyssivu) Karjala Ingrian Etymology From izh karjala Karelian. Akin to fi Karjala and et Karjala. Pronunciation Proper noun izh proper noun izh region c/Russia and c/Finland Karelia izh III2 1286 Soikkola, Oussimäki, III151 Mapu Uudestakylestä Kasvoi kaksi poikoi lasta, // Yksi kasvoi Karjalassa; There grew two little boys, // One grew in Karelia; 1-2 Volmari Porkka Declension l l