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nouna strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping routepart of:
Definition that contains bosporus
- byzantium an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
- chalcedon a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
- kadikoy a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
- marmara an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles
- marmara denizi an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles
- marmora an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles
- sea of marmara an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles
- bosporus bridge a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
- sea of marmora an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles