The original name of Rumelihisari was "Boğazkesen", which means "strait-cutter"; but "boğaz" means "throat" as well as "strait" in Turkish, so the implication was that it was going to cut the throat of Byzantium - which it did.
The original name of Rumelihisari was "Boğazkesen", which means "strait-cutter"; but "boğaz" means "throat" as well as "strait" in Turkish, so the implication was that it was going to cut the throat of Byzantium - which it did.