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Definition of Sea of azoff

1. Noun. A bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Of Azoff

Literary usage of Sea of azoff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"water of the Sea of Azoff is easily accounted for by the fact that a very ... Then as the ordinary currents flow from the Sea of Azoff into the Black Sea, ..."

2. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"water of the Sea of Azoff is easily accounted for by the fact that a very ... Then as the ordinary currents flow from the Sea of Azoff into the Black Sea, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The peninsula of Kertch and the island of Taman, which separate "the Sea of Azoff from the Black Sea, are for the most part low and sandy, the most elevated ..."

4. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"For the same reason the Black Sea * is now part of the Open Sea. On the other hand, the Sea of Azoff is not part of the Open Sea, ..."

5. The History of England from the Year 1830-1874 by William Nassau Molesworth (1874)
"Of these last an expedition was sent, countermanded, then dispatched again to the sea of Azoff, which took many forts situated on the border of that sea, ..."

6. The History of England from the Year 1830-1874 by William Nassau Molesworth (1882)
"Of these last an expedition was sent, countermanded, then dispatched again to the sea of Azoff, which took many forts situated on the border of that sea, ..."

7. Man and nature; or, Physical geography as modified by human action by George Perkins Marsh (1864)
"The Russian Government has contemplated the establishment of a nearly direct water communication between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azoff, partly by ..."

8. Through Russia: From St. Petersburg to Astrakhan and the Crimea by Maria Guthrie, Katharine Blanche Guthrie (1874)
"... Things—The Mouth of the Don—Tumuli—Tanais—Fishing Huts —Fish found in the Sea of Azoff. WE enjoyed our transit exceedingly, and were almost sorry when, ..."

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