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Black Sea (sea) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 43 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located between Europe and Asia; linked with Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, Sea of Marmara and Dardanelles and with the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. |
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Black Sea (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Chernoe More (C,V)
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Cherno More (C,V)
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Chernoye More (C,V)
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Karadeniz (C,O)
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Marea Neagră (C,V)
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Mer Noire (C,O,French,U,N)
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Noire, Mer du (C,O,French,U,N)
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Negro, Mar (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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Schwarzes Meer (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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Euxine Sea (C,O)
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Pontic (C,V,English,U,A)
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Pontus (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
Pontus Euxinus (H,V)
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............ | ancient Greek, the opposite of its earlier 'inhospitable' name |
Pontus Euxeinos (H,V)
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Euxeinos Pontos (H,V)
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Pontus Axeinus (H,V)
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............ | ancient Greek name meaning "Inhospitable Sea" |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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