Karadeniz
Turkish
Etymology
Perhaps going back to Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ (literally “north sea; black sea”) (compare Chuvash Хура тинӗс (Hura tinĕs)) or earlier (compare Mongolian Хар тэнгис (Har tengis)), equivalent to kara (“black; north”) + deniz (“sea”).
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