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Straits: see Dardanelles Dardanelles (därdənĕlz`) or Çanakkale Boğazi ..... Click the link for more information. ; Bosporus Bosporus (bŏs`pərəs) [Gr.,=ox ford, in reference to the story of Io], Turk. Boğaziçi, strait, c. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This rampart is pierced by several sally-ports for the convenience of ships and whales; conspicuous among which are the straits of Sunda and Malacca. The tides sweep through Carquinez Straits as in a mill-race, and the full ebb was on when I stumbled overboard. There is no part of the world of coasts, continents, oceans, seas, straits, capes, and islands which is not under the sway of a reigning wind, the sovereign of its typical weather. |
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