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Etymology

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From Crimea +‎ -an.

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  • enPR: krī-mēʹən, IPA(key): /kɹaɪˈmi.ən/
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Crimean (not comparable)

  1. Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
    • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
      He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].

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Crimean (plural Crimeans)

  1. Native or inhabitant of the Crimea.

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Crimean

  1. (nonstandard) Crimea (the Crimean peninsula)

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