Perekop.
Places in Ukraine:
Meaning & usage
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.
Places in Ukraine: The isthmus in Ukraine that connects the Crimea with the Ukrainian mainland, separating Karkinit Bay to its west from the Syvash to its east.
Places in Ukraine: A village in Suvorove silrada, Perekop Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine, founded in the wake of the fortress-city’s destruction and named for it.
Places in Ukraine: A village in Henichesk urban hromada, Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1926.
Places in Ukraine: A raion of the Crimea, Ukraine, established in September 2023. Administrative centre: Yany Kapu.
Places in Russia: An uninhabited hamlet in Verkhnyaya Uftyuga rural settlement, Krasnoborsk Raion, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1670.
Places in Russia: A posyolok in Churovichi rural settlement, Klimovo Raion, Bryansk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
Places in Russia: A posyolok in Byakovo rural settlement, Navlya Raion, Bryansk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
Places in Russia: A hamlet in Ozernitsa rural settlement, Slobodskoy Raion, Kirov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1891.
Places in Russia: A hamlet in Turbino rural settlement, Okulovka Raion, Novgorod Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.
Where this word comes from
From Russian and Ukrainian Переко́п (Perekóp). Compare Perekip and Pierakop.
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