Bosporus
a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. 18 miles (29 km) long.
- Also Bos·pho·rus [bos-fer-uhs]. /ˈbɒs fər əs/.
Other words from Bosporus
- Bos·po·ran, Bos·po·ran·ic [bos-puh-ran-ik], /ˌbɒs pəˈræn ɪk/, Bos·po·ri·an [bo-spawr-ee-uhn, -spohr-], /bɒˈspɔr i ən, -ˈspoʊr-/, adjective
- Compare Dardanelles.
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How to use Bosporus in a sentence
It was dark when we dropped anchor in the mouth of the Bosporus, and we were at dinner—a gala dinner, after which we danced.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow PaineThen he got up and tottered over to the window and gazed out on those ships lying just below, on the Bosporus.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow PaineFrom the mouth of the Lycus to that of the harbor, this arm of the Bosporus is more than seven miles in length.
The Turkish power owes its survival on the soil of Europe to-day wholly to its position on the Bosporus.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill SempleThey swept by Lothair in their progress to the instrument, like the passage of sultanas to some kiosk on the Bosporus.
Lothair | Benjamin Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for Bosporus
Bosphorus (ˈbɒsfərəs)
/ (ˈbɒspərəs) /
the Bosporus a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
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Cultural definitions for 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.
Notes for Bosporus
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