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Sinope
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A seaport of Turkey in Asia, situated on a narrow isthmus connecting with the mainland the rocky headland of Cape Sinope which projects into the Black Sea, 350 m. NE. of Constantinople; possesses two fine harbours, naval arsenal, Byzantine ruins, etc.; an ancient Greek town, the birthplace of Diogenes, and capital of Mithridates; it was captured by the Turks in 1461, who themselves in 1853 suffered a disastrous naval defeat in the Bay of Sinope at the hands of the Russians.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sinope'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/sinope.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sinope'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/sinope.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
