See Also: Crimean(dictionary)
Crimean War(encyclopedia)
Crimean War, the(dictionary)
Crimean fever(medicine)
haemorrhagic fever, crimean(medicine)
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever(medicine)
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever(health)
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus(medicine)
haemorrhagic fever virus, crimean-congo(medicine)

Crimean (iou)



Crimean adjective. 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.