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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Ethnic Russians now make up the majority of the population, but significant Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar minorities remain.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
Jamaladinova, who performs under the stage name Jamala, is of Crimean Tatar descent.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Umerov, a Crimean Tatar and former lawmaker, had headed the State Property Fund since September 2022 and is widely credited with turning round an institution that has frequently been mired in corruption scandals.
From Reuters • Sep. 5, 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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