Black Sea

[blak see]

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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

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Ancient names: Pontus Euxinus.�� Euxine Sea.��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)

Black Sea

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.

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

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The ministry said Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles were also intercepted over the Black Sea.

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Every summer, since the year I was born until the age of 13, was spent at a resort in the Black Sea that my grandfather managed.

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The country has a US missile defence shield at Deveselu, and three major airbases from which Nato flies air policing missions up to the border of Ukraine and Moldova, and out over the Black Sea.

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Odesa, a strategically important port city on the Black Sea, has a population of around a million people.

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The precedent would be felt far beyond the Black Sea.

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