Bosporus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

Related Words

Bosporus
Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. (fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Bosporus
Bosporus ī, m, ΒόσποροςI heifer's ford, i. e. Io's passage; cf. Oxford. I I. The strait of Consta...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Bosporus Cimmerius
BO´SPORUS CIMME´RIUS(Βόσπορος Κιμμέριος, Hdt. 4.12,100; Κιμμερικός, Strab.; Polyb.: Strait of Yeni K...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Bosporus Thracius
BO´SPORUS THRA´CIUS(Βόσπορος Θρᾴκιος: Eth. Βοσπόριος, Βοσπορία, Βοσποριανός, Βοσπορηνός, Steph. B.: ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Thracius Bosporus
THRA´CIUS BO´SPORUS[BOSPORUS.] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography