Why is it der Bosporus?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Bosporus, so learn the two together: der Bosporus.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Mountains between black and Marmara Sea

[1] Meerenge zwischen Schwarzem und Marmarameer

[2] Antiquity: Mountains between black and Asowschem Sea

[2] Antike: Meerenge zwischen Schwarzem und Asowschem Meer

Examples

[1] "The foundation of a new seat of government on the Bosphorus at the interface between the Orient and Occident was particularly important"

[1] „Besondere Bedeutung kam der Gründung eines neuen Regierungssitzes am Bosporus an der Nahtstelle zwischen Orient und Okzident zu.“

[2]

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Bosporus —
Genitiv des Bosporus —
Dativ dem Bosporus —
Akkusativ den Bosporus —

Pronunciation

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