Crimean en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- krī-mēʹən
- (US) audio
- /kɹaɪˈmi.ən/
Etymology
Etymology tree English Crimea Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Crimean From Crimea + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
Deriveds
Crimean Goth · Crimean War · Crimean Tatar · Crimean Republic · Crimean Gothic · Crimean shirt · Crimean People's Republic · Crimean flannel · Crimean Khanate
Translations (15)
fi Krimin (referring to the Crimea region) · kk қырым (referring to the Crimea region) · es crimeo (referring to the Crimea region) · hsb krimski (referring to the Crimea region) · cs krymský (referring to the Crimea region) · el κριμαϊκός (referring to the Crimea region) · uk кри́мський (referring to the Crimea region) · sv krimsk (referring to the Crimea region) · it crimeano (referring to the Crimea region) · de Krim- (referring to the Crimea region) · be кры́мскі (referring to the Crimea region) · pl krymski (referring to the Crimea region) · fr criméen (referring to the Crimea region) · mk кримски (referring to the Crimea region) · ru кры́мский (referring to the Crimea region)