Bosphorus

English

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The Bosphorus from space.
The Turkish Straits.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BOSPHORUS BosphorusCategory:English undefined derivations#BOSPHORUS, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#BOSPHORUS Βόσπορος (Bósporos)Category:English undefined derivations#BOSPHORUS.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the BosphorusCategory:English lemmas#BOSPHORUSCategory:English proper nouns#BOSPHORUSCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOSPHORUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOSPHORUSCategory:Pages with entries#BOSPHORUSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BOSPHORUS

  1. The narrow strait beside Istanbul, Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean and MediterraneanCategory:en:Straits#BOSPHORUSCategory:en:Places in Istanbul#BOSPHORUSCategory:en:Places in Turkey#BOSPHORUS.
    • 1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:
      The 20-min. crossing of the Bosphorus by ferry steamer from the Golden Horn, the busy river-fed harbour that divides old and new Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus, was a pleasure in itself.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BOSPHORUS

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See also

Category:en:Istanbul#BOSPHORUS Category:English exonyms#BOSPHORUS

Latin

Proper noun

Bosphorus m sg (genitive Bosphorī)Category:Latin lemmas#BOSPHORUSCategory:Latin proper nouns#BOSPHORUSCategory:Latin second declension nouns#BOSPHORUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#BOSPHORUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#BOSPHORUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#BOSPHORUSCategory:Pages with entries#BOSPHORUSCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BOSPHORUS; second declension

  1. alternative form of Bosporus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

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