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North Karelia

North Karelia proper noun: a county and region in northern Karelia, in southeast Finland. (Since 2022, the English term officially prescribed as the name for the Finnish administrative unit long known as a “region” was changed to be called a “county”, although reference to counties as regions is still common. See Counties of Finland.).

Proper noun

North Karelia

  1. A county and region in northern Karelia, in southeast Finland. (Since 2022, the English term officially prescribed as the name for the Finnish administrative unit long known as a “region” was changed to be called a “county”, although reference to counties as regions is still common. See Counties of Finland.)

Origin of North Karelia

From Finnish Pohjois-Karjala.

Words formed from North Karelia

  • North Karelian

Questions about North Karelia

What does North Karelia mean?
North Karelia means a county and region in northern Karelia, in southeast Finland. (Since 2022, the English term officially prescribed as the name for the Finnish administrative unit long known as a “region” was changed to be called a “county”, although reference to counties as regions is still common. See Counties of Finland.).
What part of speech is North Karelia?
North Karelia is a proper noun.

Words near North Karelia in the dictionary

  1. North Jeolla
  2. North Jersey
  3. North Jutland
  4. North Kalimantan
  5. North Kanara
  6. North Karelia
  7. North Kazakhstan
  8. North Kellyville
  9. North Kensington
  10. North Kesteven
  11. North Khorasan

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