Crimea

American  

[krahy-mee-uh, kri-] / kraɪˈmi ə, krɪ- /

noun

1. the Crimea, a peninsula in southeastern Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

2. a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, later a region of Ukraine. About 10,000 sq. mi. (25,900 sq. km).

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Crimea British  

/ kraɪˈmɪə /

noun

1. Russian name: Krym.  a peninsula and autonomous region in Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov: a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (1921–45), part of the Ukrainian SSR from 1945 until 1991

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Crimea Cultural  

1. Peninsula in the extreme southern Ukraine, bordered by the Black Sea to the east, south, and west.

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As a former part of the Russian empire, Crimea was one of the strongholds of opposition to the Soviet government after the Russian Revolution.

It was occupied by German troops from 1941 to 1945.

The Crimean War of the 1850s, fought between Russian forces and the allied armies of Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia, was the scene of the battle described in “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

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Derived Forms

• Crimean
  adjective

Example Sentences

Fuel rationing has been imposed in Luhansk and Donetsk, and supplies have already run out in Crimea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Overnight into Wednesday, Russia said its air defences intercepted 354 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions, including areas bordering Ukraine and annexed Crimea.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The critical route is used by the Russian military to supply their forces on the front line and in Crimea.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

A senior scholar at the Hermitage, Russia's largest art museum in St Petersburg, he has since 1999 overseen the museum's excavations of Myrmekion, an ancient Greek settlement founded in Crimea in the 6th Century BC.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

In the spring of 1944, the 46th Guards helped to drive the Germans out of Crimea.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein