Crimea

Proper noun

Crimea or the Crimea

1. A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine
   • Many Russians who had planned to spend their summer vacations in Crimea, a favorite holiday destination, changed their plans.2026 June 26, Ivan Nechepurenko, Nataliya Vasilyeva, “Ukrainian Attacks Spur State of Emergency Declaration in Crimea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. (historical) Synonym of Crimean Khanate: A historical country in Crimean Peninsula, Europe. The Crimean Khanate, which for much of its history controlled most of the Crimean peninsula and various adjacent areas of the mainland.
   • According to Zimin, this individual was in the service of Prince Fedor Vasili'evich Riazanskii as early as 1498, two years after his service on the embassy to the Crimea.1987, Robert M. Croskey, Muscovite Diplomatic Practice in the Reign of Ivan III, page 96
   • On its return journey in 1633 the Tatar embassy was arrested by the Muscovite government, which was already at war with the Crimea, and only after several months was it released as a result of an appeal by Sweden[.]1995, Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635, →ISBN, page 73

   Synonyms:

   Crimean Khanate, Chersonesus Taurica, Taurica, Tauric Chersonese, Taurida, Tauris, Tavria, Krim, Krym, Qirim