Azov

or A·zof

[ az-awf, ey-zawf; Russian uh-zawf ]

noun

1. Sea of Azov, a northern arm of the Black Sea, connected with the Black Sea by Kerch Strait. About 14,500 sq. mi. (37,555 sq. km).

Azov

/ ˈɑːzɒv /

noun

1. Sea of Azov
   Sea of Azov a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A spokesmen for the volunteer Azov Battalion, where the symbols are common, eventually denied they are related to Hitler.

From The Daily Beast

The volunteer battalion Biletsky serves with, Azov, counts a few hundred armed militants.

From The Daily Beast

Fellow volunteers helped a wounded soldier from the Azov Batallion climb out of a car at a Ukraine National Guard checkpoint.

From The Daily Beast

One soldier from the Azov Battalion, a volunteer brigade, said it was attacked in Vynohradne, a suburb adjacent to the city.

From The Daily Beast

Peter the Great (1682-1725) led a military expedition against the Turkish fort of Azov that was a disaster.

From The Daily Beast

An overpowering fleet accordingly sailed towards the entrance of the Sea of Azov.

From Project Gutenberg

The Caspian lies in the centre of a great depression, being 83 feet below the level of the Sea of Azov.

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Azov was long a place of great military and commercial importance.

From Project Gutenberg

From this place a succession of German colonies extend in a south-easterly direction to the Sea of Azov.

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Two and a half miles to the south are strong fortified works defending the entrance to the Sea of Azov.

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