Karjala

Finnish

Etymology

karja +‎ -la. In the sense "Karelia", most likely in the older (and now obsolete) "army" sense of karja (as borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz), although it could also have the modern meaning "livestock, cattle", if it originally meant "an area that could support large amounts of livestock". The municipality in southwestern Finland may be named after Karjakoski (karja + koski), a village near Mynämäki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrjɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kar‧ja‧la

Proper noun

Karjala

1. Karelia (region shared between Russia and Finland)
2. A former municipality of Varsinais-Suomi, in southwestern Finland.
3. a Finnish surname

Usage notes

• The Russian Republic of Karelia is referred to as Karjalan tasavalta in Finnish.

Declension

Derived terms

Statistics

• Karjala is the 2558^th (tied with 6 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 314 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

Further reading

• Disambiguation page on Karjala on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi.

Ingrian

Etymology

From karjala (“Karelian”). Akin to Finnish Karjala and Estonian Karjala.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrjɑl, -ɑrjɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: Kar‧ja‧la

Proper noun

Karjala

1. Karelia (a region of Russia and Finland)
   • 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Mapu Uudestakylestä, “1286. Soikkola, Oussimäki, III151”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:

     Kasvoi kaksi poikoi lasta, // Yksi kasvoi Karjalassa;

     There grew two little boys, // One grew in Karelia;

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