Crimean adjective. [krʌɪ'mɪǝn] M19.
[from Crimea (see below) + -AN.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Crimea, a peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Crimean Gothic an East Germanic language, supposedly a dialect or descendant of Gothic, which continued to be used in the Crimea down to the 16th cent. Crimean shirt: of a type worn by workers in the Australian and New Zealand bush. the Crimean War: between Russia and Turkey (supported by her allies, including Britain and France), 1854-6, chiefly fought in the Crimea.

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