Bakhchisaray

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A city in Crimea (peninsula), internationally recognized as part of Ukraine (country) but de facto in Russia (country); the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.

Origin

• From Russian Бахчисара́й, from Crimean Tatar Bağçasaray, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه, from Persian باغچه ("[small] garden") and سرای.