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The Bosphorus or Bosporus is a major waterway in Istanbul, Turkey, that forms part of the Turkish Straits.
Bosphorus or Bosporus may also refer to:
Media
- Le Bosphore Égyptien, French newspaper published in Egypt between 1882 and 1894
Places
- Boğaziçi (Istanbul), the neighborhoods surrounding the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
- Eastern Bosphorus, a strait in Russia
- The Bosporan Kingdom, an ancient Hellenic state
- Bosporus (see), the ancient Crimean city and Latin Catholic titular archbishopric
- The Crimean Kerch Strait, which was known as the Cimmerian Bosporus historically
Institutions
- Bosphorus University, an institute of higher education in Istanbul, Turkey
- Bosphorus Cymbals, a Turkish manufacturer of music cymbals.
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