Black Sea

English thumb|Black Sea in the Crimea Etymology en ota قره دكز Kara Deñiz Black Sea (modern tr Karadeniz) (from tr kara black, dark; north + tr deniz sea). Compare ru Чёрное мо́ре. The Turkish word is derived from the languages of the Near East, which is ultimately from an en ira-old name: the primary grc - name grc Πόντος Ἄξεινος (first attested in 462 BC) is a rendering of ira-old ira-pro *axšáyHnah *axšainah 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); compare en Red Sea. It is supposedly named as such by the Achaemenids; see Iranica for details.http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/black-sea Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Black Sea.wav US Proper noun 1 Black Sea en Q166 en inland sea bound by Southeastern Europe in the west, Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, and Turkey in the south. Derived terms en Black Sea bottlenose dolphin Translations an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor Abkhaz: ab Амшын Еиқәа Afrikaans: af Swartsee Albanian: sq Deti i Zi m Altai: Southern Altai: alt Кара талай, alt Кара теҥис Amharic: am ጥቁር ባሕር Arabic: ar الْبَحْر الْأَسْوَد m, ar بَحْرُ نِيطَش m obsolete Aragonese: an Mar Negro m, an Mar Negra f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܵܡܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ m Armenian: hy Սեւ ծով Assamese: as কৃষ্ণ সাগৰ Asturian: ast Mar Negru m Azerbaijani: az Qara dəniz Balinese: ban Segara Cemeng Bashkir: ba Ҡара диңгеҙ Basque: eu Itsaso Beltza Belarusian: be Чо́рнае мо́ра n Bengali: bn কালা দরিয়া, bn কৃষ্ণ সাগর Breton: br Mor Du Bulgarian: bg Че́рно море́ n Burmese: my ပင်လယ်နက် Catalan: ca mar Negra Mar Negra f Chechen: ce Ӏаьржа хӀорд Chinese: Eastern Min: cdo Ŭ-hāi Gan: gan 黑海 Hakka: hak Vû-hói Mandarin: cmn 黑海 Hēihǎi Wu: wuu 黑海 Chuvash: cv Хура тинӗс Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Хы Фӏыцӏэ West Circassian: ady Хы Шӏуцӏ Cornish: kw Mor Du Corsican: co Mari neru Crimean Tatar: crh Qara deñiz Czech: cs Černé moře n Danish: da Sortehavet n definite form. The indefinite form is not used. Dutch: nl Zwarte Zee f Esperanto: eo Nigra Maro Estonian: et Must meri Extremaduran: ext Mari Negru Faroese: fo Svartahavið n Finnish: fi Mustameri French: fr mer Noire f Frisian: Saterland Frisian: stq Swotte See West Frisian: fy Swarte See n Gagauz: gag Kara deniz Galician: gl Mar Negro m Georgian: ka შავი ზღვა, ka სპერის ზღვა obsolete, archaic, ka პონტოს ზღვა obsolete, archaic Old Georgian: oge ზღუაჲ სპერისაჲ, oge ზღუა სპერისა, oge ზღუა პონტოსი, oge ზღუაჲ პონტოჲსაჲ, oge ზღუაჲ იგი პონტოჲსაჲ, oge ექსინო პონტოჲს ზღუა German: de Schwarzes Meer n Bavarian: bar Schwoazz Meea, bar Schwoazzes Meea Greek: el Μαύρη Θάλασσα f, el Εύξεινος Πόντος m Ancient Greek: grc Πόντος Ἄξεινος, grc Πόντος Εὔξεινος m, grc Πόντος m Pontic Greek: pnt Μαύρον Θάλασσα Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Para Hũ Gujarati: gu કાળો સમુદ્ર Hebrew: he הים השחור m ha-yam ha-shakhór הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר \ הים השחור Hindi: hi कृष्ण सागर m, hi काला समुद्र m, hi काला समुंदर m, hi काला सागर m Hungarian: hu Fekete-tenger Icelandic: is Svartahaf n Ido: io Nigra Maro Ilocano: ilo Baybay Nangisit Indonesian: id Laut Hitam Ingrian: izh Musta meri Ingush: inh Ӏаьржа форд Interlingua: ia Mar Nigre Irish: ga Muir Dhubh an Mhuir Dhubh f Italian: it Mar Nero m Jamaican Creole: jam Blak Sii Japanese: ja 黒海 こっかい, Kokkai Javanese: jv Segara Ireng Kabiye: kbp Teŋgʊ Kɩkpɛdʊʊ Kabyle: kab Ilel Aberkan Kalmyk: xal Хар теңгс Kannada: kn ಕಪ್ಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ Karachay-Balkar: krc Къара тенгиз Karakalpak: kaa Qara teńiz Kashubian: csb Czôrné Mòrze n Kazakh: kk Қара теңіз Khmer: km សមុទ្រខ្មៅ saʼmot khmaw Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv Сьӧд саридз Korean: ko ^흑해(黑海) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb دەریای ڕەش Northern Kurdish: kmr Derya Reş Kyrgyz: ky Кара деңиз Ladino: lad Mar Preta Lak: lbe Лухӏи хьхьири Lao: lo ທະເລດຳ Latin: la Pontus Euxinus m, la Pontus m Latvian: lv Melnā jūra Lezgi: lez Чӏулав гьуьл Ligurian: lij Mâ Neigro Limburgish: li Zwarte Zie Lithuanian: lt Juodoji jūra Lombard: lmo Mar Negher Luxembourgish: lb Schwaarzt Mier Macedonian: mk Црно Море n Malagasy: mg Ranomasina Mainty Malay: ms Laut Hitam Malayalam: ml കരിങ്കടൽ Maltese: mt Baħar l-Iswed Mansi: Northern Mansi: mns-nor Сэ̄мыл ся̄рысь Manx: gv Mooir Ghoo f Marathi: mr काळा समुद्र Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Шем теҥыз Western Mari: mrj Шим тангыж Mingrelian: xmf უჩა ზუღა Mirandese: mwl Mar Negro Moksha: mdf Равжа иневедь Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Хар тэнгис Mongolian script: mn ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ Navajo: nv Tónteel diłhił Nepali: ne कृष्ण सागर Norman: nrf Néthe Mé f Norwegian: no Svartehavet n Occitan: oc Mar Negra f, oc Mar Nêra f Provençal Old Norse: non Svartahaf n Ossetian: os Сау денджыз Pashto: ps تور سمندر Persian: fa دریای سیاه daryâ-ye siyâh Old Persian: peo Reconstruction:Old Persian/Axšainah Drayah Classical Persian: fa دریای گرز daryā-yi Gurz historical, obsolete, fa دریای گرجیان daryā-yi Gurziyān historical, emended Middle Persian: pal 𐭮𐭩𐭠𐭡𐭭 siyābun Piedmontese: pms Mar Nèir Polish: pl Morze Czarne n Portuguese: pt Mar Negro m Punjabi: pa ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Western Punjabi: pnb کاݪا سمندر Quechua: qu Yana hatun qucha Romani: rom Kali Deryav Romanian: ro Marea Neagră f Russian: ru Чёрное мо́ре n Sardinian: sc Mare Nieddu Scottish Gaelic: gd Am Muir Dubh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Црно море n Latin: sh Crno more n Shona: sn Bhahari Tema Sicilian: scn Mari Nìguru m Sindhi: sd ڪارو سمنڊ m Sinhalese: si කළු මුහුද, si කම්‍ඵ මුහුද Slovak: sk Čierne more n Slovene: sl Čŕno mórje n Somali: so Badda Madow Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Carne mórjo n Upper Sorbian: hsb Čorne morjo n Spanish: es Mar Negro m Swahili: sw Bahari Nyeusi Swedish: sv Svarta havet n Tabasaran: tab Кӏару гьюл Tagalog: tl Dagat Itim Tajik: tg Баҳри Сиёҳ Tamil: ta கருங்கடல் Tatar: tt Кара диңгез Telugu: te నల్ల సముద్రం Thai: th ทะเลดำ tá-lee dam Tsonga: ts Lwandle ra Ntima Turkish: tr Karadeniz Ottoman Turkish: ota بحر سیاه Bahr-i Siyah, ota قره دڭز Kara deñiz Turkmen: tk Gara deňiz Tuvan: tyv Кара далай Tyap: kcg A̱dyundyung Kyai A̱sa̱khwot Udmurt: udm Сьӧд зарезь Ukrainian: uk Чо́рне мо́ре n Urdu: ur بحیرہ اسود Uyghur: ug قارا دېڭىز Uzbek: uz Qora dengiz Venetan: vec Mar Néro m Vietnamese: vi Biển Đen, vi Hắc Hải Volapük: vo Blägamel Walloon: wa Noere Mer Waray-Waray: war Itom nga Dagat Welsh: cy Môr Du m Written Oirat: xwo ᡍᠠᠷᠠ ᡐᡄᡊᡎᡄᠰ Xhosa: xh Ulwandle olumnyama Yakut: sah Хара байҕал Yiddish: yi שווארצער ים m shvartser yam See also en Euxinian Red Sea White Sea Yellow Sea References Anagrams en aabcekls sackable slab cake slabcake en Bulgaria Georgia Romania Russia Turkey Ukraine