Bosphorus (disambiguation)
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The Bosphorus is a major waterway in Istanbul, Turkey, that forms part of the Turkish Straits.
Bosphorus may also refer to:
Enterprises
- Bosphorus cymbals, Turkish cymbal manufacturer.
Places
- Boğaziçi, the neighborhoods surrounding the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Eastern Bosphorus, a strait in Russia
- The Bosporan Kingdom, an ancient Hellenic state
- Bosporus, the ancient Crimean city and Latin Catholic titular archbishopric.
Institutions
- Bosphorus University, an institute of higher education in Istanbul, Turkey.
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