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What does Crimea mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Crimea? Here's what it means.

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  1. 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.
  2. The Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland.
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The main theatre of war was in the Crimea, where British, French and Turkish troops landed and laid siege to the port of Sebastopol.
The brazen land grab of Crimea was planned while Putin was enjoying the limelight of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
The same occurred in the Crimea, where all Tatar city, school, and street names were changed.
Also deported from the Crimea were 37,000 Bulgarians, Greeks, and Armenians found guilty of collaborating with the Germans.
During the war in the Crimea, the thinness of the British ranks soon became an embarrassment.
Army careers were flexible in the 19th century, and there is no reason why Hervey should not stay in the saddle almost till Crimea.

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