Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region and peninsula of southern Ukraine on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. In ancient times it was colonized by Greeks and Romans and later overrun by Ostrogoths, Huns, and Mongols. Conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1475, the area was annexed by Russia in 1783. The peninsula was the scene of the Crimean War (1853–1856), in which a coalition of English, French, and Turkish troops defeated the Russians, although Crimea itself did not change hands. It became an autonomous Russian republic in 1921 and a Ukrainian oblast in 1954.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
peninsula in southernUkraine , surrounded by theBlack Sea and theSea of Azov . - proper noun An
autonomous republic within Ukraine, occupying the peninsula, officially the Autonomous Republic Crimea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
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Examples
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The word Crimea, Krym, sounds like “cream”—sumptuous, hedonistic, melting on my tongue, with a sweet aftertaste of decadence and longing.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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The word Crimea, Krym, sounds like “cream”—sumptuous, hedonistic, melting on my tongue, with a sweet aftertaste of decadence and longing.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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One report speculated that the president could avoid elections and impose his will by declaring a state of emergency in Crimea where the Russian Black Sea fleet is based.
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One report speculated that the president could avoid elections and impose his will by declaring a state of emergency in Crimea where the Russian Black Sea fleet is based.
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Mrs Duberley's War: Journal and Letters From the Crimea is back in print again for the first time since its publication in 1855 and you will want to read this in tandem with No Place For Ladies because I think the books complement each other perfectly.
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Mrs Duberley's War: Journal and Letters From the Crimea is back in print again for the first time since its publication in 1855 and you will want to read this in tandem with No Place For Ladies because I think the books complement each other perfectly.
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Mrs Duberley's War: Journal and Letters From the Crimea is back in print again for the first time since its publication in 1855 and you will want to read this in tandem with No Place For Ladies because I think the books complement each other perfectly.
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We remember Gorbachev sitting down in Crimea under house arrest in August of 1991.
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He only had about 2,000 or 3,000 men with him, and the neck of the Crimea is seven miles wide, but he kept off thirteen Bolshevist attacks, five of which were serious, two of which got bang into the Crimea, but he routed them and held on to the Crimea until the very last.
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I have been ill: and to be ill in the Crimea is no light matter, as many beside me can testify.
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