Bosnia

Province of Austrian empire, s. of R. Save and w. of Servia; settled by Slavic tribes ab. 500, held by Turkey 15221878. It has an area of ab. 20,000 sq. m. and a mixed population of ab. 1,400,000, of whom one-third are Mahommedans. Bosphorus. Strait which unites the Black Sea with Sea of Marmora. It is ab. 16 m. long, with a breadth ranging from a quarter m. to two m., and a central depth of 148 to 388 ft. It was called of old the Thracian B., in distinction from the Cimmerian B., now Strait of Yenikade, which joins the Sea of Azof to the Black Sea.