Bosporus
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea. archaic
"It has, however, a narrow channel, the straits of Yenikale, which is also a bosporus, called the Cimmerian for distinction, across which, before the earliest historic ages, the Cimmerii, or Cimbri, are said to have been conducted by a heifer[…]"
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Bosphorus. alt-of, alternative
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"It has, however, a narrow channel, the straits of Yenikale, which is also a bosporus, called the Cimmerian for distinction, across which, before the earliest historic ages, the Cimmerii, or Cimbri, are said to have been conducted by a heifer[…]"
Etymology
Latin