Bosphorus
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Istanbul_and_Bosporus_big.jpg/300px-Istanbul_and_Bosporus_big.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Turkish_Strait_disambig.svg/220px-Turkish_Strait_disambig.svg.png)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From medieval (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Bosphorus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒspəɹəs
- Hyphenation: Bos‧pho‧rus
Proper noun
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
a strait that passes through Istanbul
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Latin
Proper noun
Bosphorus m sg (genitive Bosphorī); second declension
- Alternative form of Bosporus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Bosphorus |
Genitive | Bosphorī |
Dative | Bosphorō |
Accusative | Bosphorum |
Ablative | Bosphorō |
Vocative | Bosphore |
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