Bosphorus
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Etymology[edit]
From medieval Latin Bosphorus, from Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).
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Bosphorus
- (geography) The narrow waterway beside Istanbul connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean and Mediterranean.
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Translations[edit]
a strait that passes through Istanbul
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Latin[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bosphorus m (genitive Bosphorī); second declension
- Alternative form of Bosporus
Declension[edit]
Case | Singular |
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nominative | Bosphorus |
genitive | Bosphorī |
dative | Bosphorō |
accusative | Bosphorum |
ablative | Bosphorō |
vocative | Bosphore |
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