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”).
Proper noun
Karadeniz
- Black Sea
- A surname.