Qırım

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

  • Къырым (Cyrillic)

Etymology

Long disputed and uncertain, some possibilities are:

Proper noun

Qırım

  1. Crimea (peninsula)

References

  • Cimmerium in Encyclopedia Britannica 4th edition (1810). Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson, Cimmerium in A Dictionary of Ancient Geography (1773).
  • George Vernadsky, Michael Karpovich, A History of Russia, Yale University Press, 1952, p. 53.
  • Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4, chapter 20
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