Sea of Azoph

A form of Sea of Azov — A very shallow sea bounded by Russia, Ukraine, and the Crimean peninsula, linked to the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch.

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proper nounthe Sea of Azoph
  1. rareRare spelling of Sea of Azov.

    Two principal roads connect the nations of Tartary with those of the west and south; the one into Europe along the sea of Azoph, and northern coast of the Euxine; the other across the interval between the Bukharian mountains and the Caspian into Persia.

    1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, third edition, volume II, London: John Murray, published 1822, chapter vi: “History of the Greeks and Saracens.”, page 189
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