Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crimean war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: crimean war
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Example Sentences

"He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War."
"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 [...]."

Inflected Forms

the Crimean War (canonical)

Questions

What does crimean war mean?: 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.

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