Bosporus Strait

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• Bosporus Bridges — The Bosporus Bridges are two suspension bridges located in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosporus strait.* Bosporus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge, * Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosporus Bridge …   Wikipedia

• Bosporus — Der Bosporus, im unteren Teil des Bildes İstanbul, das sowohl in Europa (links) als auch in Kleinasien (rechts) liegt Verbindet Gewässer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Bosporus — Bos po*rus (b[o^]s p[ o]*r[u^]s), n. [L.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bosporus — [bäs′fə rəsbäs′pə rəs] strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara: c. 20 mi (32 km) long: also Bosphorus [bäs′fə rəs] …   English World dictionary

• Bosporus — strait, betw. the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara …   Webster's Gazetteer

• Bosporus — The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait , ( tr. İstanbul Boğazı) ( el. Βόσπορος) is a strait that forms the boundary between the European part (Rumelia) of Turkey and its Asian part (Anatolia). The world s narrowest strait… …   Wikipedia

• Bosporus — Bosporan, Bosporanic /bos peuh ran ik/, Bosporian /bo spawr ee euhn, spohr /, adj. /bos peuhr euhs/, n. a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. 18 mi. (29 km) long. Also, Bosphorus /bos feuhr euhs/. Cf. Dardanelles. * * *… …   Universalium

• Strait of Kerch — Cimmerian Bosporus redirects here. For the ancient state, see Bosporan Kingdom. For its rulers, see List of Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus. Location of Kerch Strait …   Wikipedia

• Bosporus —    A strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea, 20 miles long and less than 3 miles across at its widest. Bosporus literally means “ox ford” and is traditionally connected with the legendary figure of Io, who in the form of a heifer …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Strait — A strait is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of… …   Wikipedia

• Bosporus-Tunnel — Eins von insgesamt 11 Tunnelelementen. Projekt Marmaray ist der Name eines sich im Bau befindlichen Eisenbahntunnels, der ab 2009 Europa und …   Deutsch Wikipedia