Crimean War

English

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.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     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 [...].

Translations

war

• Afrikaans: Krimoorlog
• Belarusian: Кры́мская вайна́ f (Krýmskaja vajná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里米亞戰爭／克里米亚战争 (Kèlǐmǐyà Zhànzhēng)

• Crimean Tatar: Qırım cenki
• Finnish: Krimin sota, Oolannin sota
• French: guerre de Crimée f
• German: Krimkrieg (de) m
• Greek: Κριμαϊκός Πόλεμος m (Krimaïkós Pólemos)
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• Marathi: क्रायमियन युद्ध (krāymiyan yuddha)
• Mongolian: Крымын дайн (Krymyn dajn)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wojna krymska f
• Portuguese: Guerra da Crimeia f
• Russian: Кры́мская война́ f (Krýmskaja vojná)
• Spanish: Guerra de Crimea f
• Tatar: Кырым сугышы (Qırım suğışı)
• Turkish: Kırım Savaşı
• Ukrainian: Кри́мська війна́ f (Krýmsʹka vijná)
• Uyghur: قىرىم ئۇرۇشى (qirim urushi)

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