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north karelia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
north kare-lia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.)

Etymology

From Finnish Pohjois-Karjala.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Pohjois-Karjala

Phrases

North Karelian South Karelia

Frequently Paired Words

South Karelia

Questions

What does north karelia mean?
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.)
Where does north karelia come from?
From Finnish Pohjois-Karjala.

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