GOLDEN HORN
\ɡˈə͡ʊldən hˈɔːn], \ɡˈəʊldən hˈɔːn], \ɡ_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə_n h_ˈɔː_n]\
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"The harbour of Constantinople . . . obtained, in a very remote period, the denomination of the G. II.," expressive of "the curve which it describes," and "the riches which every wind wafted from the most distant countries."-Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Rom. Empire, ch. xvii.
By Henry Percy Smith
