Golden Horn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Ancient Greek Χρυσόκερας (Khrusókeras).
Proper noun[edit]
- A major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
- 1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:
- The 20-min. crossing of the Bosphorus by ferry steamer from the Golden Horn, the busy river-fed harbour that divides old and new Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus, was a pleasure in itself.
Translations[edit]
waterway and inlet
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