📚 Crimea, proper noun. 🔉 /krʌɪˈmiːə/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (usually the Crimea): A peninsula of Ukraine lying between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. It was the scene of the Crimean War in the 1850s. The majority of the population is Russian. ❗️ Examples: 1. In 1783, Crimea was annexed by the Russian Empire as the result of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). 2. In 1954, the Soviet Union transferred Crimea to the Ukrainian SFSR from the Russian SFSR. 3. Russia formally annexed Crimea on 18 March 2014, incorporating the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol as the 84th and 85th federal subjects of Russia. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic