"swim the Bosphorus" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: swims the Bosphorus [present, singular, third-person], swimming the Bosphorus [participle, present], swam the Bosphorus [past], swum the Bosphorus [participle, past]
Etymology: Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of Istanbul's river Bosphorus for Rome's river Tiber. Etymology templates: {{m|en|swim the Tiber}} swim the Tiber, {{m|en|Bosphorus}} Bosphorus, {{m|en|Tiber}} Tiber Head templates: {{en-verb|swim<,,swam,swum> the Bosphorus}} swim the Bosphorus (third-person singular simple present swims the Bosphorus, present participle swimming the Bosphorus, simple past swam the Bosphorus, past participle swum the Bosphorus)
  1. (intransitive) To convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. Wikipedia link: Bosphorus Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy Related terms: swim the Forth (english: convert to Presbyterianism), swim the Rhine (english: convert to Lutheranism), swim the Thames (english: convert to Anglicanism), swim the Tiber (english: convert to Roman Catholicism)
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Bosphorus-en-verb-lNM0jU23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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