Black Sea

The Black Sea lies southeast of . Clockwise from the west, it borders the following regions: Most of the regions above are known for their beaches and resort towns.
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  • Sea
  • Description: sea between Europe and Asia
  • Also known as
    “Euxine”
    “Ponto mare”
    “Rucenum mare”
  • Neighbors:

Black Sea

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Latitude of center
43° north
Longitude of center
34° east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7015642404
Wiki­data ID
Q166

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zhuang—“Black Sea” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Амшын Еиқәа”
  • Adyghe: “Хы ШӀуцӀэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Swartsee”
  • Albanian: “Deti i Zi”
  • Amharic: “ጥቁር ባሕር”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Εὔξεινος Πόντος”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πόντος Ἄξεινος”
  • Angika: “काला सागर”
  • Arabic: “البحر الأسود”
  • Arabic: “البحر الاسود”
  • Arabic: “بحر أسود”
  • Arabic: “بحر البنطس”
  • Aragonese: “Mar Negra”
  • Armenian: “Euxine”
  • Armenian: “Եվքսենյոս”
  • Armenian: “Եվքսին”
  • Armenian: “Սև ծով”
  • Arpitan: “Mar Nêra”
  • Arpitan: “Mar Nêre”
  • Assamese: “কৃষ্ণ সাগৰ”
  • Asturian: “Mar Negru”
  • Asturian: “Mar Pietru”
  • Avaric: “ЧӀегӀераб ралъад”
  • Awadhi: “करीया सागर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qara dəniz”
  • Balinese: “Segara Cemeng”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡара диңгеҙ”
  • Basque: “Itsaso Beltza”
  • Bavarian: “Schwoaz Meer”
  • Bavarian: “Schwoazzes Meea”
  • Belarusian: “Чорнае мора”
  • Bengali: “কৃষ্ণ সাগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “करिया सागर”
  • Bhojpuri: “काला सागर”
  • Bhojpuri: “ब्लैक सागर”
  • Bhojpuri: “ब्लैक सी”
  • Bosnian: “Crno more”
  • Breton: “Mor Du”
  • Bulgarian: “Черно море”
  • Burmese: “ပင်လယ်နက်”
  • Catalan: “mar Negra”
  • Catalan: “Mar Negra”
  • Catalan: “mar Negre”
  • Central Bikol: “Dagat Itom”
  • Central Kanuri: “Black Sea”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریای پونتوس”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریای ڕەش”
  • Chechen: “Ӏаьржа хӀорд”
  • Chinese: “黑海”
  • Chuvash: “Хура тинĕс”
  • Cornish: “Mor Du”
  • Corsican: “Mari neru”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Qara deñiz”
  • Croatian: “Crno more”
  • Czech: “Černé moře”
  • Dagbani: “Black Sea”
  • Danish: “Sortehavet”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Deryao Siya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Deryayo Siya”
  • Dotyali: “काला सागर”
  • Dutch: “Zwarte Zee”
  • Eastern Mari: “Шем теҥыз”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البحر الاسود”
  • Esperanto: “Nigra maro”
  • Esperanto: “Nigra Maro”
  • Estonian: “Must meri”
  • Extremaduran: “Mari Negru”
  • Faroese: “Svartahavið”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kariya Samundar”
  • Finnish: “Mustameri”
  • French: “mer Noire”
  • French: “Mer Noire”
  • French: “Pont Euxin”
  • Gagauz: “Kara deniz”
  • Galician: “Mar Negro”
  • Gan Chinese: “黑海”
  • Ganda: “Black Sea”
  • Georgian: “შავი ზღვა”
  • German: “Schwarzes Meer”
  • Gilaki: “سيأ دریا”
  • Greek: “Εύξεινος Πόντος”
  • Greek: “Μαύρη Θάλασσα”
  • Guarani: “Para Hũ”
  • Gujarati: “કાળો સમુદ્ર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Het-hói”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Vû-hói”
  • Hausa: “Black Sea”
  • Hebrew: “הים השחור”
  • Hindi: “काला सागर”
  • Hungarian: “Fekete-tenger”
  • Icelandic: “Svartahaf”
  • Ido: “Nigra maro”
  • Ido: “Nigra Maro”
  • Iloko: “Baybay Nangisit”
  • Inari Sami: “Čapismeerâ”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Hitam”
  • Ingush: “Iаьржа форд”
  • Ingush: “Ӏаьржа форд”
  • Interlingua: “Mar Nigre”
  • Interlingue: “Nigri Mare”
  • Irish: “an Mhuir Dhubh”
  • Irish: “An Mhuir Dhubh”
  • Italian: “mar Nero”
  • Italian: “Mar Nero”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Blak Sii”
  • Japanese: “黒海”
  • Javanese: “Sagara Ireng”
  • Javanese: “Segara Ireng”
  • Jèrriais: “Néthe Mé”
  • Kabardian: “Хы ФӀыцӀэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Teŋgʊ Kɩkpɛdʊʊ”
  • Kabyle: “Ilel Aberkan”
  • Kannada: “ಕಪ್ಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Qara teńiz”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къара тенгиз”
  • Kashmiri: “کرُٛہُن سَمَندَر”
  • Kashubian: “Czôrné Mòrze”
  • Kazakh: “Қара теңіз”
  • Khmer: “សមុទ្រខ្មៅ”
  • Kildin Sami: “Чоа̄һпесь ме̄рр”
  • Kirghiz: “Кара деңиз”
  • Komering: “Lawok Halom”
  • Komi: “Сьӧд саридз”
  • Korean: “흑해”
  • Kurdish: “Deryaya Reş”
  • Ladin: “Mer Fosch”
  • Ladino: “Mar Preta”
  • Lak: “Лухӏи хьхьири”
  • Lao: “ທະເລດຳ”
  • Latin: “Pontus Euxinus”
  • Latvian: “Melnā jūra”
  • Laz: “Uçazoğa”
  • Lezghian: “ЧӀулав гьуьл”
  • Ligurian: “Mâ Neigro”
  • Limburgan: “Zwarte Zie”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Mar Negra”
  • Literary Chinese: “黑海”
  • Lithuanian: “Juodoji jūra”
  • Livvi: “Mustumeri”
  • Lojban: “xekri xamsi”
  • Lombard: “Mar Negher”
  • Low German: “Swarte See”
  • Low German: “Swatte Meer”
  • Low German: “Zwarte Zee”
  • Low German: “Zwatte Zee”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Carne mórjo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schwaarzt Mier”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Amarea Lae”
  • Macedonian: “Црно Море”
  • Maithili: “काला सागर”
  • Malagasy: “Ranomasina Mainty”
  • Malay: “Laut Hitam”
  • Malay: “لاءوت هيتم”
  • Malayalam: “കരിങ്കടൽ”
  • Maltese: “Baħar Iswed”
  • Maltese: “Baħar l-Iswed”
  • Manx: “Yn Vooir Ghoo”
  • Marathi: “काळा समुद्र”
  • Mazanderani: “سیو دریا”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “البحر الاسود”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ŭ-hāi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “O͘-hái”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “O·-hái”
  • Minangkabau: “Lauik Itam”
  • Mingrelian: “უჩა ზუღა”
  • Mirandese: “Mar Negro”
  • Moksha: “Равжа иневедь”
  • Mongolian: “Хар тэнгис”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لبحر لكحل”
  • Neapolitan: “Mar Gnure”
  • Neapolitan: “Mar Niro”
  • Nepali: “कृष्ण सागर”
  • Nepali: “ब्लाक समुद्र”
  • Newari: “कृष्ण सागर”
  • Northern Frisian: “Suart Sia”
  • Northern Sami: “Čáhppesmearra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sortehavet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svartehavet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svartehavet”
  • Norwegian: “Svartehavet”
  • Novial: “Mar Negro”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mar Negra”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Euxinus”
  • Ossetian: “Сау денджыз”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਲਾ ਸਾਗਰ”
  • Papiamento: “Laman Pretu”
  • Persian: “دریای سیاه”
  • Piemontese: “Mar Nèir”
  • Polish: “Morze Czarne”
  • Pontic: “Μαύρον Θάλασσα”
  • Portuguese: “mar Negro”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Negro”
  • Portuguese: “Ponto Euxino”
  • Pushto: “تور سمندر”
  • Quechua: “Yana hatun qucha”
  • Romanian: “Marea Neagră”
  • Romanian: “Маря Нягрэ”
  • Romansh: “Mar Naira”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хара тэнгис”
  • Russian: “Понт Аксинский (негостеприимный))”
  • Russian: “Понт Эвксинский (гостеприимный)”
  • Russian: “Скифское море”
  • Russian: “Черное море”
  • Russian: “Чёрное море”
  • Rusyn: “Чорне море”
  • Samogitian: “Jouduojė jūra”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱮᱸᱫᱮ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱮᱸᱫᱮ ᱫᱚᱨᱮᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Mare Nieddu”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Swotte See”
  • Scots: “Black Sea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Mhuir Dhubh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Mhuir Dhubh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Muir Dubh”
  • Serbian: “Црно море”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crno more”
  • Shona: “Bhahari Tema”
  • Sicilian: “Mari Nìuru”
  • Silesian: “Morze Czŏrne”
  • Sindhi: “ڪارو سمنڊ”
  • Sinhala: “කළු මුහුද”
  • Skolt Sami: “Čaʹppesmiârr”
  • Slovak: “Čierne more”
  • Slovenian: “Črno morje”
  • Somali: “Bada madaw”
  • Somali: “Badda Madow”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قارا دنیز”
  • Spanish: “mar Negro”
  • Spanish: “Mar Negro”
  • Swahili: “Bahari Nyeusi”
  • Swedish: “Svarta havet”
  • Swiss German: “Schwarzes Meer”
  • Tagalog: “Dagat Itim”
  • Tajik: “Баҳри сиёҳ”
  • Tajik: “Баҳри Сиёҳ”
  • Talysh: “Sijo dyjo”
  • Tamil: “கருங்கடல்”
  • Tatar: “Кара диңгез”
  • Telugu: “నల్ల సముద్రం”
  • Telugu: “నల్ల సముద్రము”
  • Thai: “ทะเลดำ”
  • Tsonga: “Lwandle ra Ntima”
  • Turkish: “Karadeniz”
  • Turkmen: “Gara deňiz”
  • Tyap: “A̱dyundyung Kyai A̱sa̱khwot”
  • Udmurt: “Сьӧд зарезь”
  • Uighur: “قارا دېڭىز”
  • Ukrainian: “Чорне море”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Čorne morjo”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ اسود”
  • Uzbek: “Qora dengiz”
  • Venetian: “Mar Moro”
  • Venetian: “Mar Negro”
  • Veps: “Mustmeri”
  • Vietnamese: “biển Đen”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Đen”
  • Vietnamese: “Hắc Hải”
  • Vlaams: “Zwarte Zêe”
  • Vlax Romani: “Kali Deryav”
  • Volapük: “Blägamel”
  • Võro: “Must meri”
  • Võro: “Must Meri”
  • Walloon: “Noere Mer”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Itom nga Dagat”
  • Welsh: “Y Môr Du”
  • Western Armenian: “Սեւ Ծով”
  • Western Frisian: “Swarte See”
  • Western Mari: “Шим тангыж”
  • Western Panjabi: “کالا سمندر”
  • Western Panjabi: “کاݪا سمندر”
  • Wu Chinese: “黑海”
  • Xhosa: “Ulwandle olumnyama”
  • Yakut: “Хара байҕал”
  • Yiddish: “שווארצער ים”
  • Yoruba: “Òkun Dúdú”
  • Yue Chinese: “Black Sea”
  • Yue Chinese: “Cherno more”
  • Yue Chinese: “黑海”
  • Zhuang: “Haijhaek”
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