Crimean Tatar
Americannoun
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a member of a Turkic people who lived in the Crimea before emigration to Anatolia in the 18th and 19th centuries and deportations to Soviet central Asia after World War II.
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the Turkic language of the Crimean Tatars.
Example Sentences
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He tells us he's part of a group called Atesh - a word that means fire in Crimean Tatar.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker who took over as defense minister, did not immediately issue a statement.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced late on Sunday he had decided to replace his wartime defence minister and proposed Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar who heads the State Property Fund, as his replacement.
From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker.
From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2023
He describes his ancestry as mirroring the city’s rich traditional cosmopolitan mix of Jewish, Greek, and Crimean Tatar.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
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