Sea of Marmara

English

Etymology

Marmara is named after Marmara Island, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).

Map of the Sea of Marmara

Proper noun

Sea of Marmara

1. A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.

Synonyms

• Marmara
• Propontis

Translations

a deep inland sea in north-western Turkey

• Armenian: Մարմարա ծով (Marmara cov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬爾馬拉海／马尔马拉海 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrmǎlā Hǎi)

• Danish: Marmarahavet
• Faroese: Marmarahavið n
• Finnish: Marmaranmeri (fi)
• French: mer de Marmara (fr) f
• Georgian: მარმარილოს ზღვა (marmarilos zɣva)
• Greek: Θάλασσα του Μαρμαρά (el) f (Thálassa tou Marmará), Προποντίδα (el) f (Propontída)

  Ancient: Προποντίς f (Propontís)

• Irish: Muir Mharmara f
• Kazakh: Мәрмәр теңізі (Märmär teñızı)
• Kumyk: Мармар денгизи (Marmar deñizi)
• Latin: Propontis f
• Lithuanian: Marmuro jūra
• Maltese: Baħar Marmara
• Ottoman Turkish: مرمره دڭزی (Marmara deñizi)
• Persian: دریای مرمره (daryâ-ye marmare)
• Polish: Morze Marmara n
• Portuguese: Mar de Mármara m, Mar de Mármora m
• Romanian: Marea Marmara
• Russian: Мра́морное мо́ре n (Mrámornoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian: Mramorno more
• Slovak: Marmarské more
• Spanish: mar de Mármara m
• Swedish: Marmarasjön (sv) c
• Turkish: Marmara Denizi (tr)