Karjala

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". Alternatively, Saarikivi (2024) has proposed that the name could originate from a given name like *Karie, *Karei, if the form *Kariela is actually original.^[1] The municipality in southwestern Finland may be named after Karjakoski (karja + koski), a village near Mynämäki.^[2]

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

Karjala

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

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

• 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.

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

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

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

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;