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Crimean War

Crimean War proper noun: a conflict held mostly in the Crimean Peninsula between October 1853 and February 1856, in which Russian troops were defeated to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.

Proper noun

the Crimean War

  1. (historical) A conflict held mostly in the Crimean Peninsula between October 1853 and February 1856, in which Russian troops were defeated to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.
    • He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War.1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209
    • 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 [...].2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

Crimean War meaning in Hindi and Marathi

Crimean War in Hindi

war
क्रीमियाई युद्ध krīmiyāī yuddh

Crimean War in Marathi

war
क्रायमियन युद्ध krāymiyan yuddha

Questions about Crimean War

What does Crimean War mean?
Crimean War means a conflict held mostly in the Crimean Peninsula between October 1853 and February 1856, in which Russian troops were defeated to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.
What is Crimean War in Hindi?
Crimean War in Hindi is क्रीमियाई युद्ध (krīmiyāī yuddh). See Crimean War meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Crimean War?
Crimean War is a proper noun.

Words near Crimean War in the dictionary

  1. Crimean shirt
  2. Crimean shirts
  3. Crimean snowdrop
  4. Crimean Tatar
  5. Crimean Tatars
  6. Crimean War
  7. Crimeans
  8. crimebuster
  9. crimebusters
  10. crimebusting
  11. crimed

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