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Bosporus
(redirected from Bosphorous)

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Bos·po·rus  (bspr-s)
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.
Bosporus [ˈbɒspərəs], Bosphorus [ˈbɒsfərəs]
n
(Placename) the. a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
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Noun1.Bosporus - a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black SeaBosporus - a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
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Bosp(h)orus
n the Bosporus → der Bosporus
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