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AxenosAxine

The large inland sea which we call the Black Sea.

Originally called Axenos by the Greeks and then later called Euxine (Pontos Euxinus); the word Axenos literally means, “an inhospitable place” but the name Euxine means, “kind to strangers.”

Approximately 178,000 square miles (461,018 square kilometers) in area.

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