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English Dictionary: Bosporus by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bosporus
n
  1. a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosporus \Bos"po*rus\ (b[ocr]s"p[osl]*r[ucr]s), n. [L.]
      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. [Written also {Bosphorus}.]
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