Euxine

American  

[yook-sin, -sahyn] / ˈyuk sɪn, -saɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Black Sea.

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Example Sentences

Istros numbered four of these, one of which had opened the Straits of the Bosphorus and Hellespont, when the waters of the Euxine, rushing into the Ægean, submerged the islands and neighbouring coasts.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Ecbatana lies in the northern regions of Media, and commands the parts of Asia which look towards the Maeotis and the Euxine.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

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

At that time Poland extended from Brandenburgh and Silesia to Esthonia; its power along the Baltic was undisputed; and the shores of the Euxine had as yet submitted to no other dominion.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

Westmacott to form a collection of sculptures from Kertch and the neighbourhood, illustrating the later stages of Greek art on the Euxine.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.