English Explanatory Dictionary

Crimea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine:
  2. Ellipsis of Crimean peninsula.
  3. Ellipsis of Republic of Crimea.
  4. Ellipsis of Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
  5. Synonym of Crimean Khanate: A historical country in Crimean Peninsula, Europe. The Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland.
  6. Ellipsis of Crimean Republic.
  7. Ellipsis of Crimean People's Republic.

Pronunciation

/kɹaɪˈmiːə/ /kɹaɪˈmɪə/ Crimea pronunciation.mp3

Word forms

Crimea the Crimea

Etymology

Through Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım.

Synonyms

Crimean Khanate Chersonesus Taurica Taurica Tauric Chersonese Taurida Tauris Tavria Krim Krym Qirim Qırım

Derived words

Autonomous Republic of Crimea Crimean Crimean Khanate Crimean Oblast Crimean Peninsula Crimean People's Republic Crimean War Crimea river Republic of Crimea

Translations

Abkhaz: Кърым Abkhaz: Ҟрым Afrikaans: Krim Albanian: Krimeja Amharic: ክሪሜያ Arabic: القِرْم Arabic: كريميا Arabic: القرم Armenian: Ղրիմ Asturian: Crimea Azerbaijani: Krım Bashkir: Ҡырым Belarusian: Крым Bengali: ক্রিমিয়া Bulgarian: Крим Burmese: ခရိုင်းမီးယား Buryat: Крым Carpathian Rusyn: Крим Catalan: Crimea Chagatai: قریم Chechen: Гӏирма Cherokee: ᏝᎻᎠ Chinese Mandarin: 克里米亞 /克里米亚 Chinese Mandarin: 克里木 Chulym: Ҡырым Chuvash: Крым West Circassian: Къырым Crimean Tatar: Qırım Crimean Tatar: Къырым Czech: Krym Danish: Krim Dutch: de Krim Dutch: Krimland Esperanto: Krimeo Estonian: Krimm Finnish: Krim Finnish: Krimin niemimaa French: Crimée Georgian: ყირიმი German: Krim Greek: Κριμαία Ancient Greek: Χερσόνησος Ταυρική Hebrew: קְרִים Hindi: क्रिमीआ Hungarian: Krím Icelandic: Krímskagi Irish: an Chrimé
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