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Bosporus - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bosporus : (noun)
1: a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea;
separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an
important shipping route [syn: Bosporus]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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