5 results for: Bosporus Browse Nearby Entries
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Bos·po·rus    Audio Help   [bos-per-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. 18 mi. (29 km) long.
Also, Bos·pho·rus    Audio Help   [bos-fer-uhs] Pronunciation Key.
Compare Dardanelles.

Bos·po·ran, Bos·po·ran·ic    Audio Help   [bos-puh-ran-ik] Pronunciation Key, Bos·po·ri·an    Audio Help   [bo-spawr-ee-uhn, -spohr-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bosporus

To learn more about Bosporus visit Britannica.com

© 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Bos·po·rus    Audio Help   (bŏs'pər-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
A narrow strait separating European and Asian Turkey and joining the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It has been an important trade route since ancient times.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
bosporus

noun
a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Bosporus [(bos-puh-ruhs)]

Strait separating the European and Asian portions of Turkey. The Bosporus is a link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Note: It is an important shipping route for Russia, whose northern routes are mostly blocked by ice in winter, and for other nations that border the Black Sea or use any of the many major rivers that flow into it.

[Chapter:] World Geography


The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Bosporus

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.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Browse Nearby Entries:

bosom's
bosomed
bosoms
bosoms'
bosomy
boson
boson's
bosons
bosons'
bosor
bosox
bosp
bosphorus
bosporan
bosporanic
bosporian
bosporus
bosporus bridge
bosquet
bosquet's
bosquets
bosquets'
boss
boss around
boss cocky
boss key
boss tweed
boss's
boss-cube
boss-eyed
bossa nova
bossage
bossdom

View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web

Share This:   Share This: del.icio.usShare This: digg.comShare This: FacebookShare This: furl.netShare This: www.netscape.comShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: www.google.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: blinklist.comShare This: newsvine.comShare This: ma.gnolia.comShare This: reddit.comShare This: favorites.live.com

Perform a new search, or try your search for "Bosporus" at: