a port in S Ukraine on the Kerch Peninsula and the Strait of Kerch (linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov): founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century bc; ceded to Russia in 1774; iron-mining, steel production, and fishing. Pop: 153 000 (2005 est)
Kerch in American English
(kɛʀtʃ)
seaport in W Crimea, on a strait (Kerch Strait) connecting the Black Sea & the Sea of Azov: pop. 178,000