English
Perekop
Perekop comes from ru,uk Переко́п.
- ru,ukmodernПереко́пPerekóp
- EnglishtodayPerekop
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- ru,ukmodernПереко́пPerekóp
- EnglishtodayPerekop
Every English word from ru,uk Переко́п
Today it means
name Places in Ukraine: A former fortress-city on the Crimea, founded in antiquity as Taphros, believed to have first been fortified by the Crimean Scythians, rendered uninhabitable in November 1920 by the Perekop–Chonhar Operation of the Russian Civil War; the fortress ruins are known by their Crimean Tatar name, Or Qapı.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ru,uk Переко́п / Perekop