Black Sea

[ blak see ]

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).

Black Sea

noun

1. 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) Ancient namesPontus EuxinusEuxine Sea

Black Sea

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 .

Notes

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

Example Sentences

It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.

From The Daily Beast

KIEV, Ukraine—He took the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea with just a few shots fired.

From The Daily Beast

He hosted him in the one-time office of Tsar Nicholas II that overlooks a tropical garden and the Black Sea.

From The Daily Beast

In point of fact, the good times have not yet started to roll in the Black Sea peninsula.

From The Daily Beast

There should be concern from the perspective of Ukraine losing access to the Black Sea.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, all cast anchor in the middle of the Black Sea, in 25 fathoms water.

From Project Gutenberg

We are still labouring heavily in a blue-black sea, and can see a very little way as we are surrounded by mountains of water.

From Project Gutenberg

Matishkin is now an admiral of distinction, and is commanding the Russian squadron in the Black Sea.

From Project Gutenberg

The record black sea-bass, rod and reel, that has been caught here was four hundred and thirty-six pounds in the season of 1905.

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From them we heard awful tales of massacres and looting during the Bolshevist domination over the Black Sea regions.

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