Karelia

geographical name

Ka·​re·​lia kə-ˈrē-lē-ə 

-ˈrēl-yə

variants or Kareliya

autonomous republic of northwestern Russia in Europe bordering on Finland and the White Sea; formerly (1940–56), as the Ka*re*lo-Finn*ish Republic \ kə-​ˈrē-​(ˌ)lō-​ˈfi-​nish \ , a constituent republic of the Soviet Union; capital Petrozavodsk area 66,564 square miles (172,401 square kilometers)

see also:

karelian