Olonets

noun

Olo·​nets

əˈlȯnə̇ts

variants or less commonly Olnets

ˈälˌnets

: a dialect of Karelian spoken east of Lake Ladoga

Word History

Etymology

from Olonets, town on Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia

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