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Euxine Sea

British  
/ ˈjuːksaɪn /

noun

  1. an ancient name for the Black Sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Russian flag now girdles the Euxine Sea, and notwithstanding the recent check at Sevastopol, Russia is pressing on with resistless strides towards the possession of the Hellespont.

From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

It happened, however, upon one time, that some Greeks conquered a body of them somewhere upon the shores of the Euxine Sea, and took a large number of them prisoners.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

No corn-ships could now reach them from the Euxine Sea, and few from other quarters.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

However, the sight of a camel sufficed to carry him back to Asia and the Euxine Sea, and to make him cry out: "Quando te aspiciam!"

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Sir Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry) Jerningham

They were a people living on the north-east coast of the Euxine Sea.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper

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