Simferopol

[sim-fuh-roh-puh l; Russian syim-fyi-raw-puh l]

noun

a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.

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Examples from the Web for simferopol

Contemporary Examples of simferopol

“We are going home,” declared Crimean Parliament Speaker Vladimir Konstantinov in the capital Simferopol on Sunday night.
Vladimir Putin’s Seizure of Crimea Is Based on Pure Fiction
Oleg Shynkarenko
March 18, 2014
At about 8 p.m. dozens of masked men stormed the Moskva Hotel in the Crimean capital of Simferopol.
Russia's Special Ops Invasion of Ukraine Has Begun
Eli Lake, Anna Nemtsova
March 15, 2014

Historical Examples of simferopol

Going from Harkov to Simferopol one might well die of boredom.
Letters of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov

British Dictionary definitions for simferopol

Simferopol

noun

a city in S Ukraine on the S Crimean Peninsula: a Scythian town in the 1st century bc; seized by the Russians in 1736. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)

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