bosporus

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noun

A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.

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Meanings

bosporus1

noun
  1. archaicA strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.

    It has, however, a narrow channel, the straits of Yenikale, which is also a bosporus, called the Cimmerian for distinction, across which, before the earliest historic ages, the Cimmerii, or Cimbri, are said to have been conducted by a heifer[…]

    1867, The new American cyclopaedia, volume 5, page 53

Bosporus2

proper nounthe Bosporus
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Bosphorus.

Origin

Latin

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APA

bosporus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosporus

MLA

“bosporus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosporus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bosporus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bosporus.

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