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Definition of Bosporus

1. Noun. A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route.

Definition of Bosporus

1. n. 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.

Definition of Bosporus

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Bosphorus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosporus

Literary usage of Bosporus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"The kingdom of the Bosporus, with all the neighboring districts, then fell into the hands of the Romans ... He fled to his kingdom of Bosporus, where he was ..."

2. A Guide to Constantinople by Demetrius Coufopoulos (1895)
"THE Bosporus, OR STRAITS OF CONSTANTINOPLE Travellers going up the Bosporus can do so by taking one of the different steamers running all day up and down ..."

3. Along Mediterranean Shores by Mary Frances Willard (1914)
"ALONG THE Bosporus Constantinople in the background II. THE Bosporus Our ship is to take us up the Bosporus to-day, one of the straits which separate Europe ..."

4. An Epitome of the Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece: From the Earliest by Henry Fynes Clinton (1851)
"Towards either continent the country becomes low and level, and on the east, where the kingdom of Bosporus was seated, it was eminently fertile. ..."

5. A History Of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close Of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"31. the principal articles of this Pon- ' See Mr. Clinton's App. on the tic trade ; among the exports та Kings of Bosporus—Fast. ..."

6. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"'TT7~E leffa dozen passengers in Constantinople, and sailed * V through the beautiful Bosporus and far up it to the Black Sea. We left them in the clutches ..."

7. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"The kingdom of the Bosporus, with all the neighboring districts, then fell into the hands of the Romans ... He fled to his kingdom of Bosporus, where he was ..."

8. A Guide to Constantinople by Demetrius Coufopoulos (1895)
"THE Bosporus, OR STRAITS OF CONSTANTINOPLE Travellers going up the Bosporus can do so by taking one of the different steamers running all day up and down ..."

9. Along Mediterranean Shores by Mary Frances Willard (1914)
"ALONG THE Bosporus Constantinople in the background II. THE Bosporus Our ship is to take us up the Bosporus to-day, one of the straits which separate Europe ..."

10. An Epitome of the Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece: From the Earliest by Henry Fynes Clinton (1851)
"Towards either continent the country becomes low and level, and on the east, where the kingdom of Bosporus was seated, it was eminently fertile. ..."

11. A History Of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close Of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"31. the principal articles of this Pon- ' See Mr. Clinton's App. on the tic trade ; among the exports та Kings of Bosporus—Fast. ..."

12. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"'TT7~E leffa dozen passengers in Constantinople, and sailed * V through the beautiful Bosporus and far up it to the Black Sea. We left them in the clutches ..."

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