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Bosporus
[ bos-per-uhs ]
noun
- a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. 18 miles (29 km) long.
Bosporus
/ ˈbɒspərəs; ˈbɒsfərəs /
noun
- the Bosporusa strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
Bosporus
- Strait separating the European and Asian portions of Turkey . The Bosporus is a link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea .
Notes
Other Words From
- Bospo·ran Bos·po·ran·ic [bos-p, uh, -, ran, -ik], Bos·po·ri·an [bo-, spawr, -ee-, uh, n, -, spohr, -], adjective
Example Sentences
The Odesa port and two others on the nearby seacoast have been a particular target of Russian wrath for the last eight months, since Ukraine managed to open a coast-hugging 350-mile Black Sea grain corridor to the Bosporus strait.
Home to some 16 million people and straddling the Bosporus between Europe and Asia, Istanbul generates much of Turkey’s economic output.
The two vessels sailed through a temporary corridor for civilian ships from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to the Bosporus, Kubrakov said on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
On Saturday, authorities at the Bulgarian port of Varna did not confirm whether the Anna-Theresa will enter the port or will continue to the Bosporus Strait.
The two vessels sailed through a temporary corridor for civilian ships from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to the Bosporus, Kubrakov said on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
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