Crimean Tatar

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noun

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.

the Turkic language of the Crimean Tatars.

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How to use Crimean Tatar in a sentence

The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
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Snyder had invited Tatar scholars to attend the conference, but they chose to remain in Crimea so as to mark this occasion.
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Tatar control—part occupation and part suzerainty over impotent, tribute-paying Russian principalities—lasted more than 200 years.
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On one side of the silver medallion is a raised image of the outline of the Crimean peninsula.
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Three other mules from the Crimean city of Sevastopol were detained at a road checkpoint with $400,000 in cash on them.
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I suppose there never has been a war in which one has required such staying power, excepting perhaps the Crimean expedition.
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During the Crimean war, the only inconvenience the English residents suffered was the loss of trade.
The Story of Moscow|Wirt Gerrare
He vigorously condemned the Crimean War, and took his stand with the few, who tried to save England from that colossal blunder.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
The Society suspended work, when the Crimean War broke out, and was re-constituted again at the end of 1856.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
In the year 1855 the Crimean war led to much activity at this plant.
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