Karelian refers to something from or related to the region of

Karelia Karelia (; Karelian language, Karelian and ; , historically Коре́ла, ''Korela'' []; ) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet Union, Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden. It is currentl ...

, in present-day Russia and Finland. *

Karelians Karelians (; ; ; ) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic group closely ...

, an ethnic group in Russia speaking the Karelian language *

Karelians (Finns) Karelians (, ), also known as Finnish Karelians or Karelian Finns, are a subgroup () of the Finnish people, traditionally living in Finnish Karelia. Karelians speak eastern dialects of the Finnish language: the South Karelian dialects are spok ...

, a subgroup of Finns *

Karelian language Karelian (; ; ; ) is a Finnic language spoken mainly by the Karelians, Karelian people in the Russian Republic of Karelia. Linguistically, Karelian is closely related to the Finnish language, Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland, and some ...

, a Baltic Finnic language *

Karelian dialects South Karelian dialects, Karelian dialects or Southeast Finnish dialects () are Eastern Finnish dialects spoken in South Karelia, along with eastern parts of Kymenlaakso (Virolahti and Miehikkälä). Prior to the Winter War, the dialects were spo ...

, a group of Southeast Finnish dialects

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