North Karelia

English

Etymology

From Finnish Pohjois-Karjala.

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.)

Derived terms

• North Karelian

Related terms

• South Karelia

Translations

region and county of Finland

• Albanian: Karelia Veriore
• Asturian: Carelia del Norte f
• Basque: Ipar Karelia
• Catalan: Carèlia Septentrional f
• Czech: Severní Karélie f
• Danish: Norra Karelen
• Dutch: Noord-Karelië f
• Esperanto: Norda Karelio
• Estonian: Põhja-Karjala
• Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala (fi)
• French: Carélie du Nord f
• Galician: Carelia do Norte
• German: Nordkarelien n
• Greek: Βόρεια Καρελία f (Vóreia Karelía)
• Hungarian: Észak-Karjala
• Italian: Carelia Settentrionale f
• Komi-Permyak: Похьёйс Карьяла (Poxʹjojs Karʹjala)
• Latin: Carelia Septentrionalis f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės Karelija f
• Livvi: Pohjas-Karjala
• Macedonian: Северна Карелија f (Severna Karelija)
• Norwegian: Norra Karelen
• Polish: Karelia Północna f
• Portuguese: Carélia do Norte f
• Romanian: Carelia de Nord f
• Russian: Се́верная Каре́лия f (Sévernaja Karélija)
• Scots: North Karelie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северна Карелија f

  Roman: Sjeverna Karelija f

• Slovak: Severná Karélia f
• Spanish: Carelia del Norte f
• Swedish: Norra Karelen n
• Turkish: Kuzey Karelya
• Ukrainian: Півні́чна Каре́лія f (Pivníčna Karélija)