Editing Perekop (section)

==Name==
The original name was of the Greek settlement of ''Taphros'' ({{langx|grc|Τάφρος}}) which means a dug-out locality. The people were called Taphrians ({{langx|grc|Τάφριοι}})<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.3.19 Strabo, Geography, §7.3.19]</ref>

Thereafter it was known by the equivalent name of ''Or Qapı'' in the [[Crimean Tatar language]] meaning ''Or'' - trench and ''Qapı'' - gate. In the [[Middle Ages]], Perekop was known as Tuzla.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Perekop |volume=21 |page=138}}</ref> Subsequently, it was known as ''Perekop'' in the [[Slavic languages]], which literally means an over-dug locality.