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Crimea
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See also: crimea
English
Etymology
Through Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crimea
- 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:
- Ellipsis of Crimean peninsula.
- Ellipsis of Republic of Crimea.
- Ellipsis of Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
- 2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393:
- The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.196
- (historical) 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.
- 1987, Robert M. Croskey, Muscovite Diplomatic Practice in the Reign of Ivan III, page 96:
- According to Zimin, this individual was in the service of Prince Fedor Vasili'evich Riazanskii as early as 1498, two years after his service on the embassy to the Crimea.
- 1995, Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635, →ISBN, page 73:
- On its return journey in 1633 the Tatar embassy was arrested by the Muscovite government, which was already at war with the Crimea, and only after several months was it released as a result of an appeal by Sweden[.]
- 2004, Andreas Kappeler, Die Geschichte Russlands im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, →ISBN, page 371:
- As late as 1665, the Crimea's demand for continued and increased tribue from Moscow was one of the conditions leading to a peace treaty between a khan and tsar („kaznu v Krym prodolzhat' prisylat' s pribyl'iu“). Notwithstanding Moscow's rhetorical exercises, the Russian government was acutely aware that as long as Russia's military force remained ineffective against the Crimea, peace with Crimea could only be purchased.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Crimea.
- (historical) Ellipsis of Crimean Republic.
- (historical) Ellipsis of Crimean People's Republic.
Usage notes
- Often used with a definite article, i.e., the Crimea.
Synonyms
peninsula (historical)
Derived terms
Translations
peninsula — see also Crimean peninsula
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Etymology
From Crimean Tatar Qırım.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crimea f
- Crimea (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 :)
Italian
Etymology
From Crimean Tatar Qırım.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crimea f
- Crimea (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 :)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: Crimea
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Spanish
Etymology
From Crimean Tatar Qırım.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crimea f
- Crimea (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 :)
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