Kerch

American  

[kerch, kyerch] / kɛrtʃ, kyɛrtʃ /

noun

1. a seaport in eastern Crimea, in southeastern Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.

2. a strait connecting the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. 25 miles (40 km) long.

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Kerch British  

/ kjertʃ /

noun

1. a port in S Ukraine on the Kerch Peninsula and the Strait of Kerch (linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov): founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century _bc ; ceded to Russia in 1774; iron-mining, steel production, and fishing. Pop: 153 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Both the archaeologist and the Hermitage insist all their finds remain in Crimea as they are transferred to the Eastern Crimean Museum in Kerch.

From BBC

Ukrainian prosecutors accuse him of conducting illegal excavations at the site in Kerch between February 2014 and November 2025.

From BBC

Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the Black Sea.

From BBC

"In general, Russia has suffered more than any other country so far from the Kerch Strait accident," Dmitry Markin of Greenpeace said.

From BBC

Conversely, it was One Fist that hacked into cameras in occupied Crimea to catalogue Russian tanks and equipment being moved over the Kerch bridge.

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