Black Sea

American  

[blak see] / ˈblæk ˈsi /

noun

1. a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).

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Black Sea British  

noun

1. Ancient names: Pontus Euxinus.   Euxine Sea.  an inland sea between SE Europe and Asia: connected to the Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, and to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)

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Black Sea Cultural  

1. Sea between Europe and Asia, bordered on the north by Moldova and Ukraine, on the northeast by Russia, on the east by Georgia, on the south by Turkey, and on the west by Bulgaria and Romania. It receives many great rivers, including the Danube, the Dnieper, and by way of the Sea of Azov, the Don.

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It is a popular resort area for Russians and eastern Europeans.

Example Sentences

A former lawyer who had retrained as a baker at a trendy cafe in the Black Sea city, he joined the Ukrainian army a year later.

From Barron's

Most of Ukraine's attacks have been in the Black Sea, but one tanker, the Qendil, was hit and critically damaged while passing through the Mediterranean in December.

From BBC

For Ukraine, the effort to clear the seabed is part of a broader attempt to keep the ports on the Black Sea usable, particularly by commercial ships that bring in a stream of much-needed revenue.

From BBC

Continuing fallout from a Ukrainian strike on a Russian Black Sea terminal in November has recently curbed about one million barrels a day of mostly Kazakh crude shipments, according to Goldman Sachs.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tanker had previously sailed near the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal