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Black Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea in the Crimea
Calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز ( Kara Deñiz , “ Black Sea ” ) (modern Turkish Karadeniz ) (from kara ( “ black, dark; north ” ) + deniz ( “ sea ” ) ). Compare Russian Чёрное мо́ре ( Čórnoje móre ) . The Turkish word is derived from the languages of the Near East, which is ultimately from an Old Iranian name: the primary Ancient Greek name Πόντος Ἄξεινος ( Póntos Áxeinos ) (first attested in 462 BC) is a rendering of Old 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); compare Red Sea . It is supposedly named as such by the Achaemenids ; see Iranica for details.[ 1]
the Black Sea
An inland sea bound by Southeastern Europe in the west, Eastern Europe in the north and northeast, and Turkey in the south.
an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
Abkhaz: Амшын Еиқәа ( Amŝən Ejkʷa )
Afrikaans: Swartsee
Albanian: Deti i Zi m
Altai:
Southern Altai: Кара талай ( Kara talay ) , Кара теҥис ( Kara teŋis )
Amharic: ጥቁር ባሕር ( ṭəḳur baḥr )
Arabic: الْبَحْر الْأَسْوَد m ( al-baḥr al-ʔaswad ) , بَحْرُ نِيطَش m ( baḥru nīṭaš ) ( obsolete )
Aragonese: Mar Negro m , Mar Negra f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ m ( yāmā kōmā )
Armenian: Սեւ ծով ( Sew cov )
Assamese: কৃষ্ণ সাগৰ ( krisno xagor )
Asturian: Mar Negru m
Azerbaijani: Qara dəniz (az)
Balinese: Segara Cemeng
Bashkir: Ҡара диңгеҙ ( Qara diñgeź )
Basque: Itsaso Beltza
Belarusian: Чо́рнае мо́ра n ( Čórnaje móra )
Bengali: কালা দরিয়া ( kala doriẏa ) , কৃষ্ণ সাগর ( kriśno śagor )
Breton: Mor Du
Bulgarian: Че́рно море́ n ( Čérno moré )
Burmese: ပင်လယ်နက် ( panglainak )
Catalan: Mar Negra f
Chechen: ӏаьржа хӏорд ( ˀärža hord )
Chinese:
Eastern Min: Ŭ-hāi
Gan: 黑海
Hakka: Vû-hói
Mandarin: 黑海 (zh) ( Hēihǎi )
Wu: 黑海 ( 7 heq-he)
Chuvash: Хура тинӗс ( Hura t̬inĕs )
Circassian:
East Circassian: Хы Фӏыцӏэ ( Xə Fʼəcʼɛ )
West Circassian: Хы Шӏуцӏ ( Xə Šʷʼucʼ )
Cornish: Mor Du
Corsican: Mari neru
Crimean Tatar: Qara deñiz
Czech: Černé moře (cs) n
Danish: Sortehavet (da) n ( definite form. The indefinite form is not used. )
Dutch: Zwarte Zee (nl) f
Esperanto: Nigra Maro (eo)
Estonian: Must meri
Extremaduran: Mari Negru
Faroese: Svartahavið n
Finnish: Mustameri (fi)
French: mer Noire (fr) f
Frisian:
Saterland Frisian: Swotte See
West Frisian: Swarte See (fy) n
Gagauz: Kara deniz
Galician: Mar Negro m
Georgian: შავი ზღვა (ka) ( šavi zɣva )
German: Schwarzes Meer (de) n
Bavarian: Schwoazz Meea , Schwoazzes Meea
Greek: Μαύρη Θάλασσα (el) f ( Mávri Thálassa ) , Εύξεινος Πόντος (el) m ( Éfxeinos Póntos )
Ancient Greek: Πόντος Εὔξεινος m ( Póntos Eúxeinos ) , Πόντος m ( Póntos )
Pontic Greek: Μαύρον Θάλασσα ( Mávron Thálassa )
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) Para Hũ
Gujarati: કાળો સમુદ્ર ( kāḷo samudra )
Hebrew: הַיָּם הַשָּׁחֹר \ הים השחור m ( ha-yam ha-shakhór )
Hindi: कृष्ण सागर m ( kŕṣṇa sāgar ) , काला समुद्र m ( kālā samudra ) , काला समुंदर m ( kālā samundar ) , काला सागर m ( kālā sāgar )
Hungarian: Fekete-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Svartahaf n
Ido: Nigra Maro (io)
Ilocano: Baybay Nangisit
Indonesian: Laut Hitam
Ingrian: Musta meri
Ingush: ӏаьржа форд ( ˀärža ford )
Interlingua: Mar Nigre
Irish: an Mhuir Dhubh f
Italian: Mar Nero m
Jamaican Creole: Blak Sii
Japanese: 黒海 (ja) ( こっかい, Kokkai )
Javanese: Segara Ireng
Kabiye: Teŋgʊ Kɩkpɛdʊʊ
Kabyle: Ilel Aberkan
Kalmyk: Хар теңгс ( Xar teñgs )
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ ( kappu samudra )
Karachay-Balkar: Къара тенгиз ( Qara teñiz )
Karakalpak: Qara teńiz
Kashubian: Czôrné Mòrze n
Kazakh: Қара теңіз ( Qara teñız )
Khmer: សមុទ្រខ្មៅ ( saʼmot khmaw )
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: Сьӧд саридз ( Śöd saridź )
Korean: 흑해(黑海) ( Heukhae )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەریای ڕەش (ckb) ( deryay reş )
Northern Kurdish: Derya Reş (ku)
Kyrgyz: Кара деңиз ( Kara deŋiz )
Ladino: Mar Preta
Lak: Лухӏи хьхьири ( Luħi x̂:iri )
Lao: ທະເລດຳ (lo) ( tha lē dam )
Latin: Pontus Euxinus m , Pontus m
Latvian: Melnā jūra
Lezgi: Чӏулав гьуьл ( Č̣ulav hül )
Ligurian: Mâ Neigro
Limburgish: Zwarte Zie
Lithuanian: Juodoji jūra (lt)
Lombard: Mar Negher
Luxembourgish: Schwaarzt Mier
Macedonian: Црно Море n ( Crno More )
Malagasy: Ranomasina Mainty
Malay: Laut Hitam
Malayalam: കരിങ്കടൽ (ml) ( kariṅkaṭal )
Maltese: Baħar l-Iswed
Manx: Mooir Ghoo f
Marathi: काळा समुद्र ( kāḷā samudra )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Шем теҥыз ( Šem teŋyz )
Western Mari: Шим тангыж ( Šim tangyž )
Mingrelian: უჩა ზუღა ( uča zuɣa )
Mirandese: Mar Negro
Moksha: Равжа иневедь ( Ravža ińeveď )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Хар тэнгис ( Xar tengis )
Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠷᠠ ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ ( qar-a tenggis )
Navajo: Tónteel diłhił
Nepali: कृष्ण सागर ( kr̥ṣṇa sāgar )
Norman: Néthe Mé f
Norwegian: Svartehavet (no) n
Occitan: Mar Negra f , Mar Nêra f ( Provençal )
Old Norse: Svartahaf n
Ossetian: Сау денджыз ( Saw denǵyz )
Pashto: تور سمندر
Persian: دریای سیاه (fa) ( daryâ-ye siyâh )
Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭩𐭠𐭡𐭭 ( syʾbn /siyābun/ )
Piedmontese: Mar Nèir
Polish: Morze Czarne (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar Negro m
Punjabi: ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ( kāḷā samundar )
Western Punjabi: کاݪا سمندر
Quechua: Yana hatun qucha
Romani: Kali Deryav
Romanian: Marea Neagră (ro) f
Russian: Чёрное мо́ре (ru) n ( Čórnoje móre )
Sardinian: Mare Nieddu
Scottish Gaelic: Am Muir Dubh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Црно море n
Latin: Crno more (sh) n
Shona: Bhahari Tema
Sicilian: Mari Nìguru m
Sindhi: ڪارو سمنڊ m ( kāro sm̃ḍ )
Sinhalese: කළු මුහුද (si) ( kaḷu muhuda ) , කම්ඵ මුහුද ( kampha muhuda )
Slovak: Čierne more n
Slovene: Čŕno mórje (sl) n
Somali: Badda Madow
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Carne mórjo n
Upper Sorbian: Čorne morjo n
Spanish: Mar Negro m
Swahili: Bahari Nyeusi
Swedish: Svarta havet (sv) n
Tabasaran: Кӏару гьюл ( Ḳaru hjul )
Tagalog: Dagat Itim
Tajik: Баҳри Сиёҳ ( Bahr-i Siyoh )
Tamil: கருங்கடல் ( karuṅkaṭal )
Tatar: Кара диңгез ( Qara diñgez )
Telugu: నల్ల సముద్రం (te) ( nalla samudraṁ )
Thai: ทะเลดำ ( tá-lee dam )
Tsonga: Lwandle ra Ntima
Turkish: Karadeniz (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: بحر سیاه ( Bahr-i Siyah ) , قره دڭز ( Kara deñiz )
Turkmen: Gara deňiz
Tuvan: Кара далай ( Kara dalay )
Tyap: A̱dyundyung Kyai A̱sa̱khwot
Udmurt: Сьӧд зарезь ( Śöd zareź )
Ukrainian: Чо́рне мо́ре (uk) n ( Čórne móre )
Urdu: بحیرہ اسود
Uyghur: قارا دېڭىز ( qara dë'ngiz )
Uzbek: Qora dengiz
Venetan: Mar Néro m
Vietnamese: Biển Đen , Hắc Hải
Volapük: Blägamel (vo)
Walloon: Noere Mer
Waray-Waray: Itom nga Dagat
Welsh: Môr Du m
Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠷᠠ ᡐᡄᡊᡎᡄᠰ ( xara tengges )
Xhosa: Ulwandle olumnyama
Yakut: Хара байҕал ( Qara bayğal )
Yiddish: שווארצער ים m ( shvartser yam )