Crimean

English

Etymology

From Crimea +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krī-mēʹən, IPA^(key): /kɹaɪˈmi.ən/

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Adjective

Crimean (not comparable)

1. Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     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 [...].

Derived terms

• Crimean flannel
• Crimean Goth
• Crimean Gothic
• Crimean Khanate
• Crimean People's Republic
• Crimean Republic
• Crimean shirt
• Crimean Tatar
• Crimean War

 

Translations

referring to the Crimea region

• Belarusian: кры́мскі (krýmski)
• Czech: krymský
• Finnish: Krimin
• French: criméen (fr)
• German: Krim-
• Greek: κριμαϊκός (el) (krimaïkós)
• Italian: crimeano
• Kazakh: қырым (qyrym)
• Macedonian: кримски (krimski)
• Polish: krymski (pl)
• Russian: кры́мский (ru) (krýmskij)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: krimski

• Spanish: crimeo
• Swedish: krimsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: кри́мський (krýmsʹkyj)

Noun

Crimean (plural Crimeans)

1. Native or inhabitant of the Crimea.

Translations

native or inhabitant of Crimea

• Belarusian: крымча́нін m (krymčánin), крымча́нка f (krymčánka)
• French: Criméen (fr) m, Criméenne (fr) f
• German: Krimbewohner m, Krimbewohnerin f
• Italian: crimeano m, crimeana f
• Kazakh: қырымды (qyrymdy)
• Polish: Krymianin (pl) m, Krymianka (pl) f
• Russian: крымча́нин (ru) m (krymčánin), крымча́нка (ru) f (krymčánka)
• Spanish: crimeo m, crimea f
• Ukrainian: кримча́нин m (krymčányn), кримча́нка f (krymčánka)

Proper noun

Crimean

1. (nonstandard) Crimea (the Crimean peninsula)

Translations

Crimea — see Crimea

Crimean peninsula — see Crimean peninsula

Anagrams

• carmine, minecar, Armenic, mine car, Carmine, ceriman, Mercian