Crimea

Crimea

See also: crimea

English

Map of Crimea (the Crimean peninsula).

The Crimean Khanate in 1600.

Etymology

Via Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹaɪˈmiːə/, /kɹaɪˈmɪə/

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Proper noun

Crimea

1. Synonym of Crimean Peninsula: A peninsula in the Black Sea, Europe, officially part of Ukraine, annexed by Russia. A peninsula which juts southwards out of the Ukrainian mainland (to which it is connected by the Isthmus of Perekop) into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea.
   • 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

2. (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.
3. Ellipsis of Republic of Crimea.
4. Ellipsis of Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
5. Clipping of Crimean Republic.
6. Short for People's Crimean Republic.

Usage notes

Often with the article: the Crimea.

Synonyms

peninsula (historical)

• Chersonesus Taurica
• Taurica
• Tauric Chersonese
• Taurida
• Tauris
• Tavria

 

peninsula

• Krim
• Krym
• Qirim/Qırım

 

Derived terms

• Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Crimean
• Crimean Khanate
• Crimean peninsula
• Crimean Peninsula
• Crimean People's Republic
• Crimean War
• Republic of Crimea

 

Translations

peninsula — See also translations at Crimean peninsula

Abkhaz: Кърым Adyghe: Къырым (Qərəm) Afrikaans: Krim Albanian: Krimeja f Amharic: ክሪሜያ (kərimeya) Arabic: الْقْرِم‎ f (al-qrim), الْقِرِم‎ f (al-qirim), كْرِيمِيَا‎ f (krimiyā) (Egypt) Egyptian Arabic: كريميا‎ f (krimiyā) Hijazi Arabic: القرم‎ f (algirim, alqirim) Armenian: Ղրիմ (Łrim) Azerbaijani: Krım Bashkir: Ҡырым (Qırım) Belarusian: Крым m (Krym) Bengali: ক্রিমিয়া (krimiya) Bulgarian: Крим m (Krim) Burmese: ခရိုင်းမီးယား (hka.ruing:mi:ya:) Buryat: Крым (Krym) Catalan: Crimea f Chechen: Гӏирма (Ğirma) Chinese: Mandarin: 克里米亞／克里米亚 (zh) (Kèlǐmǐyà), 克里木 (zh) (Kèlǐmù) Crimean Tatar: Qırım Cyrillic: Къырым (Qırım) Czech: Krym (cs) m Danish: Krim n Dutch: de Krim (nl), Krimland Esperanto: Krimeo Estonian: Krimm Finnish: Krim (fi), Krimin niemimaa French: Crimée (fr) f Georgian: ყირიმი (q̇irimi) German: Krim (de) f Greek: Κριμαία (el) f (Krimaía) Hebrew: קְרִים‎ ? (krim) Hindi: क्रिमीआ m (krimīā) Hungarian: Krím (hu) Icelandic: Krímskagi (is) m Irish: an Chrimé f Italian: Crimea (it) f Japanese: クリミア (Kurimia) Kannada: ಕ್ರೈಮಿಯ (kraimiya) Karachay-Balkar: Кърым (Qrım) Kazakh: Қырым (Qyrym) Khmer: គ្រីមៀ (kriimiə), គ្រីមេ (kriimei) Korean: 크림 (ko) (Keurim) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Krîm Kyrgyz: Кырым (Kırım) Lak: Къирин (Q:irin) Latin: Crimaea f Latvian: Krimas m Ligurian: Crimêa Lithuanian: Krymas m Macedonian: Крим m (Krim) Malayalam: ക്രിമിയ (krimiya) Maltese: Krimea f Mongolian: Cyrillic: Крым (Krym) Nogai: Кырым (Kırım) Norwegian: Bokmål: Krim n Nynorsk: Krim n Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: Кꙑрꙑмъ m (Kyrymŭ) Ossetian: Хъырым (Qyrym) Ottoman Turkish: قریم‎ (Kırım) Pashto: کریمیا‎ Persian: کریمه‎ (fa) (kerime) Polish: Krym (pl) m Portuguese: Crimeia (pt) f Romanian: Crimeea f Russian: Крым (ru) m (Krym) Rusyn: Крим m (Krym) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Кри̑м m Roman: Krȋm (sh) m Slovak: Krym (sk) m Slovene: Krim m Spanish: Crimea (es) f Swedish: Krim (sv) n, Krimhalvön (sv) c Tajik: Крим (tg) (Krim), Кримия (Krimiya) Tamil: கிரிமியா (kirimiyā) Tatar: Кырым (Qırım) Telugu: క్రిమియా (krimiyā) Thai: ไครเมีย (krai-miia) Turkish: Kırım (tr) Turkmen: Krým Ukrainian: Крим m (Krym) Urdu: کریمیا‎ m (krimīyā) Uyghur: قىرىم‎ (qirim) Uzbek: Qrim Vietnamese: Crưm Yiddish: קרים‎ (krim)

Anagrams

• 'Merica, Camire, Cerami, Marcie, Mercia, Merica

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Catalan

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Qırım.

Proper noun

Crimea f

1. Crimea (an autonomous republic of Ukraine)

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Italian

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Qırım.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriˈmɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: Cri‧mè‧a

Proper noun

Crimea f

1. Crimea

Derived terms

• Penisola di Crimea

Anagrams

• Cerami, cameri, cimare, cimerà, cremai, maceri, marcie, racemi

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Spanish

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Qırım.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈmea/ [kɾiˈme.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Cri‧me‧a

Proper noun

Crimea f

1. Crimea

Derived terms

• tártaro de Crimea

Derived terms

• crimeo

Anagrams

• cimera