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

The hotel where Moscow says the strike took place lies in Khorly, a Black Sea resort town that the Russian army has occupied since early 2022.

From Barron's

Ukraine has learned to safeguard this trade by using naval drones to keep at bay Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal

One sector expected to benefit in the Black Sea nation is tourism, which this year generated around eight percent of the country's GDP.

From Barron's

Moscow is also targeting a critical export route to south Ukraine, where trains packed with grain and other foodstuffs service ports on the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

The southern Black Sea region of Odesa was also targeted again -- as Russia steps up its attacks on the important port city.

From Barron's