Bosporanic

adjective

Bos·​po·​ran·​ic

¦bäspə¦ranik

variants or Bosporian

(ˈ)bä¦spōrēən,

-pȯr-

: bosporan

Word History

Etymology

bosporanic from Latin bosporanus + English -ic; bosporian from Greek bosporios of the Bosporus + English -an

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