| Pronunciation: | | bâspurus
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[n] a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route |
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BOSPORUS is a 8 letter word that starts with B. |
| | See Also: | | Republic of Turkey, sound, strait, Turkey |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bos"po*rus\ (b[o^]s"p[-o]*r[u^]s), n. [L.]
A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a
seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or
Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of
Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and
Sea of Azof. [Written also {Bosphorus}.]
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