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Bosphorus, Bosporus
1. A narrow strait separating European and Asian Turkey and joining the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It has been an important trade route since ancient times.
2. The name, meaning "ox passage", is associated with a Greek myth about Io's travels after Zeus turned her into an ox for her protection.
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