Talk:Mer Noire

The French name (from https://archives.saltresearch.org/bitstream/123456789/129372/193/PFSIF9180307A069%20(1918-03-07).jpg ) is relevant in an Ottoman Empire context: Rize is on the Black Sea, and the French language was a key language in the late Ottoman Era (1830s to 1921). See the research of Johann Strauss, used in the article Languages of the Ottoman Empire WhisperToMe (talk) 19:24, 13 March 2021 (UTC)