# Karina
## English
### Proper noun

Karina
* A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a form of Karin (Catherine) long used in Scandinavia, or from Carina.

### Anagrams

* kinara, kirana

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkarɪna]

### Proper noun

Karina f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Karin or Karina

#### Declension
## Danish
### Proper noun

Karina
* a female given name derived from Katharina ( =Catherine)

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Karina
* a female given name, variant of Katariina

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Karina f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Karina: Karinuson
* daughter of Karina: Karinudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Proper noun

Karina
* essive singular of Kari

### Anagrams

* Kaarin, arkina, kaarin, kairan, nikara, raakin

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Karina, a variant of French Karine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ʁi.na/

### Proper noun

Karina f
* a female given name from English or Ancient Greek

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Karina
* a female given name, variant of Karin

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /kaˈrina/ [kaˈri.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Ka‧ri‧na
* Homophone: karina

### Proper noun

Karina
* (astronomy) Carina: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

### Further reading

* “Karina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Swedish and Danish Karina.

### Proper noun

Karina f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Karīna
* Katrīna

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Karina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Karina
* a female given name derived from Katarina

## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* Karin

### Etymology

Derived from Swedish Karin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkarina/

### Proper noun

Karina f (genitive singular Kariny, nominative plural Kariny, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Karinka

### Further reading

* “Karina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Karina f
* a female given name, variant of Carina

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka²riːna/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Carina

### Proper noun

Karina c (genitive Karinas)
* a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: Карына (Karyna)
* → Czech: Karina
* → Danish: Karina
* → English: Karina
* → German: Karina
* → Latvian: Karina, Karīna
* → Norwegian: Karina
* → Polish: Karina
* → Slovak: Karina
* → Russian: Карина (Karina)
* → Ukrainian: Карина (Karyna)

### Anagrams

* anarki