Istanbul is located along the Bosphorus.
Source: tatoeba (5995348)
Bosphorus
//ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs//
Synonyms for "bosphorus" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
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107 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Istanboel-straat name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Albanian
1 entries- Bosfori name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Amharic
1 entries- የቦስፖሮስ ወሽመጥ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Βόσπορος name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Arabic
4 entries- البوسفور name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- البُسْفور name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- اَلْبُسْفُورْ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- اَلْبُوسْفُور name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Aragonese
1 entries- Bosforo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Armenian
1 entries- Բոսֆոր name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Asturian
1 entries- Bósforu name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Bosfor Boğazı name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Bashkir
1 entries- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Basque
1 entries- Bosforo itsasartea name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Belarusian
1 entries- Басфо́р name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Bengali
1 entries- বসফরাস প্রণালী name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Breton
1 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Босфо́р name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Burmese
1 entries- ဘော့စ်ဖရပ် ရေလက်ကြား name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Catalan
1 entries- Bòsfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 博斯普魯斯海峽 /博斯普鲁斯海峡 name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Chuvash
1 entries- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Czech
1 entries- Bospor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Danish
2 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Bosporusstrædet name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Dutch
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Esperanto
1 entries- Bosporo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Estonian
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Extremaduran
1 entries- Bósforu name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Finnish
1 entries- Bosporinsalmi name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
French
1 entries- Bosphore name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Galician
1 entries- Bósforo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Georgian
2 entries- ბოსფორი name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- ბოსფორის სრუტე name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
German
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Greek
1 entries- Βόσπορος name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Hebrew
1 entries- בּוֹסְפּוֹרוּס name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Hindi
1 entries- बोस्पोरुस जलसन्धि name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Hungarian
1 entries- Boszporusz name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Icelandic
1 entries- Bosporussund name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Indonesian
1 entries- Selat Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Irish
1 entries- an Bhosparais name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Italian
1 entries- Bosforo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Japanese
1 entries- ボスフォラス海峡 name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Javanese
1 entries- Selat Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Kannada
1 entries- ಬಾಸ್ಪೋರಸ್ ಕೊಲ್ಲಿ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Karakalpak
1 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Kazakh
1 entries- Босфор бұғазы name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Korean
1 entries- 보스포루스 해협 name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Lao
2 entries- ຊ່ອງແຄບອິສະຕັນບູນ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- ຊ່ອງແຄບໂບສະໂຟໂລດ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Latin
2 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Bosporus Thracius name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Latvian
1 entries- Bosfors name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Lithuanian
2 entries- Bosforas name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Bosforo sąsiauris name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Low German
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Macedonian
1 entries- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Malay
1 entries- Selat Bosphorus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Malayalam
1 entries- ബോസ്ഫറസ് name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Maltese
1 entries- Bosforu name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Marathi
1 entries- बोस्फोरस name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Tengava Stenbolê name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Bosporos name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Bosporos name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Occitan
1 entries- Bosfòr name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Persian
1 entries- تنگه بسفر name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Polish
1 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Portuguese
1 entries- Bósforo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Punjabi
2 entries- باسفورس name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- ਬਾਸਫੋਰਸ ਸਟ੍ਰੇਟ name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Romanian
1 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Russian
1 entries- Босфо́р name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Bòsfaras name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Bospor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Боспор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Sicilian
1 entries- Bosfuru name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Slovak
1 entries- Bospor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Slovene
1 entries- Bospor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Somali
1 entries- Boosfoor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Spanish
1 entries- Bósforo name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Swahili
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Swedish
1 entries- Bosporen name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Tagalog
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Tajik
1 entries- Босфор name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Tamil
1 entries- பொசுபோரசு name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Tatar
2 entries- Босфор бугазы name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- Истанбул бугазы name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Telugu
1 entries- బోస్ఫొరస్ జలసంధి name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Thai
1 entries- ช่องแคบบอสฟอรัส name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Turkish
2 entries- Boğaz name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- İstanbul Boğazı name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Босфо́р name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Urdu
1 entries- آبنائے باسفورس name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىستانبۇل بوغازى name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Uzbek
1 entries- Bosfor name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Vietnamese
2 entries- eo biển Bospho name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
- eo biển Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Welsh
1 entries- Bosphorus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Bosporus name (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
And indeed no bullock nor cow would ever be in danger of drowning if it were not that the horn of their hoofs becomes softened by the water. To this fact many channels of the sea testify, such as that which even now is called the Bosphorus, meaning the oxen's ford.
Source: tatoeba (6212567)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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