Bosphorus

English Bosporus thumb|upright=1.35|The Bosphorus from space. thumb|The Turkish Straits. Alternative forms en Bosporus Etymology From medieval en la Bosphorus, from en grc Βόσπορος. Pronunciation en /ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs/ /ˈbɒs.pəɹ.əs/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bosphorus.wav Southern England en /ˈbɑs.fɚ.əs/ /ˈbɑs.pɚ.əs/ GA en ɒspəɹəs 3 en Bos pho rus Proper noun the Bosphorus en Q35958en The narrow <<strait>> beside <<city/Istanbul>>, <<c/Turkey>> 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. en 1950 July J. C. Mertens By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad Railway Magazine 435 The 20-min. crossing of the Bosphorus by ferry steamer from the Golden Horn, the busy river-fed harbour that divides old and new Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus, was a pleasure in itself. Synonyms en Constantinople Strait en Istanbul Strait Hypernyms en Turkish Strait(s) Translations a strait that passes through Istanbul Afrikaans: af Bosporus, af Istanboel-straat Albanian: sq Bosfori Amharic: am የቦስፖሮስ ወሽመጥ Arabic: ar اَلْبُسْفُورْ m, ar اَلْبُوسْفُور m, ar مَضِيق اَلْبُسْفُور m maḍīq busfūr Egyptian Arabic: arz البوسفور Hijazi Arabic: acw البُسْفور m al-busfōr Aragonese: an Bosforo Armenian: hy Բոսֆոր Asturian: ast Bósforu m Azerbaijani: az Bosfor Boğazı Bashkir: ba Босфор Basque: eu Bosforo itsasartea Belarusian: be Басфо́р m Bengali: bn বসফরাস প্রণালী Breton: br Bosfor Bulgarian: bg Босфо́р m Burmese: my ဘော့စ်ဖရပ် ရေလက်ကြား Catalan: ca Bòsfor m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 博斯普魯斯海峽 Bósīpǔlǔsī hǎixiá Chuvash: cv Босфор Czech: cs Bospor m Danish: da Bosporus, da Bosporusstrædet n definite form Dutch: nl Bosporus Esperanto: eo Bosporo Estonian: et Bosporus Extremaduran: ext Bósforu Finnish: fi Bosporinsalmi French: fr Bosphore m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Bosporus Galician: gl Bósforo m Georgian: ka ბოსფორი, ka ბოსფორის სრუტე German: de Bosporus m Greek: el Βόσπορος m Ancient Greek: grc Βόσπορος m Hebrew: he בּוֹסְפּוֹרוּס m bosporus Hindi: hi बोस्पोरुस जलसन्धि Hungarian: hu Boszporusz Icelandic: is Bosporussund Indonesian: id Selat Bosporus Irish: ga an Bhosparais f Italian: it Bosforo m Japanese: ja ボスフォラス海峡 Bosuporasu kaikyō Javanese: jv Selat Bosporus Kannada: kn ಬಾಸ್ಪೋರಸ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ Karakalpak: kaa Bosfor Kazakh: kk Босфор бұғазы Korean: ko ^보스포루스 해협 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Tengava Stenbolê, kmr Bosfor Kyrgyz: ky Босфор Lao: lo ຊ່ອງແຄບອິສະຕັນບູນ, lo ຊ່ອງແຄບໂບສະໂຟໂລດ Latin: la Bosporus, la Bosporus Thracius m Latvian: lv Bosfors Lithuanian: lt Bosforo sąsiauris, lt Bosforas Low German: nds Bosporus Luxembourgish: lb Bosporus Macedonian: mk Босфор m Malay: ms Selat Bosphorus Malayalam: ml ബോസ്ഫറസ് Maltese: mt Bosforu m Marathi: mr बोस्फोरस Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Bosporos n Nynorsk: nn Bosporos n Occitan: oc Bosfòr m Persian: fa تنگه بسفر tange-ye bosfor Polish: pl Bosfor m Portuguese: pt Bósforo m Punjabi: pa ਬਾਸਫੋਰਸ ਸਟ੍ਰੇਟ Western Punjabi: pnb باسفورس Romanian: ro Bosfor Russian: ru Босфо́р m Scottish Gaelic: gd Bòsfaras f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Босфор m, sh Боспор m Latin: sh Bosfor m, sh Bospor m Sicilian: scn Bosfuru Slovak: sk Bospor m Slovene: sl Bospor m Somali: so Boosfoor Spanish: es Bósforo m Swahili: sw Bosporus Swedish: sv Bosporen Tagalog: tl Bosporus Tajik: tg Босфор Tamil: ta பொசுபோரசு Tatar: tt Босфор бугазы, tt Истанбул бугазы Telugu: te బోస్ఫొరస్ జలసంధి Thai: th ช่องแคบบอสฟอรัส chông kâep bòtforrát Turkish: tr İstanbul Boğazı, tr Boğaz Ukrainian: uk Босфо́р m Urdu: ur آبنائے باسفورس Uyghur: ug ئىستانبۇل بوغازى Uzbek: uz Bosfor Vietnamese: vi eo biển Bosporus, vi eo biển Bospho Welsh: cy Bosphorus See also en Dardanelles en Istanbul en exonyms Latin Proper noun Bosphorus<2> la Bosporus Declension Bosphorus<2> Descendants ast Bósforu ca Bòsfor fr Bosphore gl Bósforo it Bosforo pt Bósforo ro Bosfor es Bósforo