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bosporus

bosporus noun: a strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.

Noun

bosporus

  1. (archaic) A 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

Proper noun capitalized: Bosporus

the Bosporus

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Bosphorus.

Origin of bosporus

Latin

Words formed from bosporus

Questions about bosporus

What does bosporus mean?
Bosporus means a strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.
What part of speech is bosporus?
Bosporus can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near bosporus in the dictionary

  1. Bosphorus
  2. Bosporan
  3. Bosporanic
  4. Bosporans
  5. Bosporian
  6. bosporus
  7. bosque
  8. Bosque County
  9. bosques
  10. Bosqueses
  11. bosquet

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