Main Entry: Ka·re·lia

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrē-lē-ə, -ˈrēl-yə\

Function: geographical name

autonomous republic NW Russia in Europe; formerly (1940–56), as the Ka·re·lo–Finn·ish Republic \kə-ˈrē-(ˌ)lō-ˈfi-nish\, constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ∗ Petrozadovsk area 66,564 square miles (172,401 square kilometers), population 800,000