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)
Ancient names: Pontus Euxinus, Euxine Sea
Black Sea in American English
sea between SE Europe & Asia, north of Turkey: 196,100 sq mi (507,897 sq km)