Europe >.<    Geographically, the border between Asia and Europe is the  Bosphorus, a strait of water that joins the Mediterranean Sea to  the Black Sea. This runs riâ¦ght through the city of Istanbul.  Therefore, both Istanbul and the whole nation of Turkey are both in  Asia and Europe.
Spir, or spiro, is Latin and is defined as to breathe, or is Greek and is defined as spiral. 1  An example of spir used as a prefix is in the word spirograph which means a chart regarding airflow. 2  An example of spir used as a prefix is in the word spirillum which means a bacteria with a twisted cell body.
Definition of SPICULE. 1. : a slender pointed usually hard body; especially: one of the minute calcareous or siliceous bodies that support the tissue of various invertebrates (as sponges).2. : a spikelike short-lived prominence appearing close to the chromosphere of the solar atmosphere.. : a slender pointed usually hard body; especially: one of the minute calcareous or siliceous bodies that support the tissue of various invertebrates (as sponges).