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Bos·po·rus

(bŏs′pər-əs)

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.

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Bosporus

(ˈbɒspərəs) or

Bosphorus

(Placename) the Bosporus a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara

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Bos•po•rus

(ˈbɒs pər əs)

also Bos•pho•rus

(-fər-)

n.

a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. 18 mi. (29 km) long.

Bos′po•ran, Bos•po•ran•ic (ˌbɒs pəˈræn ɪk) Bos•po•ri•an (bɒˈspɔr i ən, -ˈspoʊr-) adj.

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Noun

Bosporus - 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

Translations

Bosp(h)orus

n the Bosporus → der Bosporus

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The Golden Horn is a narrow arm of the sea, which branches from the Bosporus (a sort of broad river which connects the Marmora and Black Seas,) and, curving around, divides the city in the middle.

On the other bank of the Bosporus is Scutari and other suburbs of Constantinople.

It is handsomely and neatly fitted up, but no man could handle it well in the turbulent currents that sweep down the Bosporus from the Black Sea, and few men could row it satisfactorily even in still water.

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2) By the Iron Rocks that guard the double main, On Bosporus' lone strand, Where stretcheth Salmydessus' plain In the wild Thracian land, There on his borders Ares witnessed The vengeance by a jealous step-dame ta'en The gore that trickled from a spindle red, The sightless orbits of her step-sons twain.

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He ceas'd; and SATAN staid not to reply, But glad that now his Sea should find a shore, With fresh alacritie and force renew'd Springs upward like a Pyramid of fire Into the wilde expanse, and through the shock Of fighting Elements, on all sides round Environ'd wins his way; harder beset And more endanger'd, then when ARGO pass'd Through BOSPORUS betwixt the justling Rocks: Or when ULYSSES on the Larbord shunnd CHARYBDIS, and by th' other whirlpool steard.

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Avenues leading to E[pounds sterling]skE-dar Square by the Bosporus once again served as streams, flooding the square and producing images as if the sea met the land.

Heavy downpours, flash floods hit Istanbul, NW Turkey

The campaign will begin on June 10 with bottom cleaning by divers from the Underwater Federation in the Bosporus and shore cleaning by sea skimmers.

Turkey Launches a Project to Clean up its Sea of a[euro]a[euro]Waste

The Konfinos live in a beautiful apartment on the Bosporus, looking over Istanbul.

A Turkish Twist on Eggplant

ISLAMABAD -- The bridges in Istanbul across Bosporus Strait, connecting the two continents of Asia and Europe would be illuminated in Pakistan colors to mark Pakistan Day.

Istanbul Bridges to be illuminated in Pakistan flag colors

ANKARA -- To commemorate the National Day of Pakistan on 23rd March 2019, the bridges in Istanbul across Bosporus Strait, connecting the two continents of Asia and Europe, would be illuminated in Pakistan Flag colors.

Istanbul Bridges connecting Asia with Europe to be illuminated in Pakistan Flag colors

A representative of the fleet told RT on Saturday that the two frigates are passing through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, and they should rendezvous with the Russian ships in the Mediterranean later today and begin carrying out their assigned tasks upon joining the other ships.

Two frigates join Russian fleet opposite Syrian coast

The bridge across the Bosporus that connects the European and Asian sides of Istanbul, is part of the planned National Unity March, starting at 6 p.m.