Haliç

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيج‎ (ḵalīj, “bay”).

Proper noun

Haliç

  1. An inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming the natural harbor that has sheltered Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and other ships for thousands of years.
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