Crimea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹaɪˈmiːə/
ipa: /kɹaɪˈmɪə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: Through Italian Crimea, from Crimean Tatar Qırım.
Senses: examples: text: 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
ref: 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:
glosses: 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
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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 Republic of Crimea.
glosses: 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 Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1987, Robert M. Croskey, Muscovite Diplomatic Practice in the Reign of Ivan III, page 96:
text: 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[.]
ref: 1995, Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635, →ISBN, page 73:
text: 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.
ref: 2004, Andreas Kappeler, Die Geschichte Russlands im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, →ISBN, page 371:
glosses: 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.
synonyms: word: Crimean Khanate
extra: 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.
glosses: Ellipsis of Crimean Republic.
glosses: Ellipsis of Crimean People's Republic.
Synonyms: sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Chersonesus Taurica
sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Taurica
sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Tauric Chersonese
sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Taurida
sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Tauris
sense: peninsula (historical)
word: Tavria
sense: peninsula
word: Krim
sense: peninsula
word: Krym
sense: peninsula
word: Qirim
sense: peninsula
word: Qırım
Derived terms: Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Crimean
Crimean Khanate
Crimean Peninsula
Crimean peninsula
Crimean People's Republic
Crimean War
Crimea river
Republic of Crimea