Golden Horn

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Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Χρυσόκερας (Khrusókeras).

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Golden Horn

  1. 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.

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