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Black Sea

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Black Sea in theCrimea

Etymology

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Calque ofOttoman Turkishقره دكز(Kara Deñiz,“Black Sea”) (modernTurkishKaradeniz) (fromkara(“black, dark; north”) +deniz(“sea”)). CompareRussianЧёрное море(Čórnoje more). The Turkish word is derived from the languages of the Near East, which is ultimately from anOld Iranian name: the primaryAncient Greek nameΠόντος Ἄξεινος(Póntos Áxeinos) (first attested in 462 BC) is a rendering ofOld Iranian*axšaina-(“dark-colored”). The naming is according to the system in which color names indicated the cardinal points (black [or dark] for north, red for south, white for west, and green or light blue for east); compareRed Sea. It is supposedly named as such by theAchaemenids; seeIranica for details.[1]

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Proper noun

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theBlackSea

  2. Aninland sea bound bySoutheastern Europe in the west,Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, andTurkey in the south.

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Translations

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an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor

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References

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  1. ^http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/black-sea

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