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Euxine

American  
[yook-sin, -sahyn] / ˈjuk sɪn, -saɪn /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Black Sea.


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They had crossed the Euxine Sea to Armenia, whence they travelled by land to the court of a great Tartarian chief named Barba.

From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

Ovid composed a poem in the harsh dialect spoken by the Getæ who dwelt on the borders of the Euxine Sea.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by Catherine Ann White

The outward course of the “Argo” was the same as that of the Greek traders, whose settlements as early as the 6th century B.C. dotted the southern shores of the Euxine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

In this harness hard I have borne my nights of winter storm that starred The Euxine into ice and scared the strong Paionians.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

He travelled through the countries north and east of the Euxine, and visited the Hyperboreans, Issedonians and Arimaspians, who fought against the gold-guarding griffins.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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