Bosporus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 Bosporus, between the Black Sea and
     Sea of Azof. [Written also {Bosphorus}.]


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Bosporus
       n : a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea;
           separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an
           important shipping route