Bosphorus

English

The Bosphorus from space.
The Turkish Straits.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From medieval Latin Bosphorus, from Ancient Greek Βόσπορος (Bósporos).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs/, /ˈbɒs.pəɹ.əs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑs.fɚ.əs/, /ˈbɑs.pɚ.əs/

Proper noun

Bosphorus

  1. (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.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Translations

Latin

Proper noun

Bosphorus m (genitive Bosphorī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of Bosporus

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
nominative Bosphorus
genitive Bosphorī
dative Bosphorō
accusative Bosphorum
ablative Bosphorō
vocative Bosphore
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