Dardanelles


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Dar·da·nelles

 (där′dn-ĕlz′) Formerly Hel·les·pont (hĕl′ĭ-spŏnt′)
A strait connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. An important shipping channel, it marks the conventional boundary between Asia and Europe.
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Dardanelles

(ˌdɑːdəˈnɛlz)
n
(Placename) the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, separating European from Asian Turkey. Ancient name: Hellespont
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Dar•da•nelles

(ˌdɑr dnˈɛlz)

n. (used with a pl. v.)
the strait between European and Asian Turkey, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. 40 mi. (64 km) long; 1–5 mi. (1.6–8 km) wide. Ancient, Hellespont.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Dardanelles - the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian TurkeyDardanelles - the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont
Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
2.Dardanelles - the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
Dardanelles campaign
First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
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Dardanelles

[ˌdɑːdəˈnelz] NPL → Dardanelos mpl
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Dardanelles

[ˌdɑːrdəˈnɛlz] npl
the Dardanelles → les Dardanelles fpl
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Dardanelles

pl → Dardanellen pl
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Dardanelles

[ˌdɑːdəˈnɛlz] npl the Dardanelles → i Dardanelli
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After tarrying here awhile, the Bay of Salamis will be crossed, and a day given to Corinth, whence the voyage will be continued to Constantinople, passing on the way through the Grecian Archipelago, the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora, and the mouth of the Golden Horn, and arriving in about forty-eight hours from Athens.
Here it is proposed to remain two days, visiting the harbors, fortifications, and battlefields of the Crimea; thence back through the Bosphorus, touching at Constantinople to take in any who may have preferred to remain there; down through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles, along the coasts of ancient Troy and Lydia in Asia, to Smyrna, which will be reached in two or two and a half days from Constantinople.
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If they won't have me back in France, although heaven knows why not, can I be sent to the Dardanelles, or even East Africa?
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Now, as a vessel of war readily passes through the Dardanelles, hence a sperm whale could, by the same route, pass out of the Mediterranean into the Propontis.
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The boat was now all but jammed between two vast black bulks, leaving a narrow Dardanelles between their long lengths.
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On 12 July through Dardanelles. More Customs officers and flagboat of guarding squadron.
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A light yacht, chaste and elegant in its form, was gliding amidst the first dews of night over the immense lake, extending from Gibraltar to the Dardanelles, and from Tunis to Venice.
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When I rode across the Troad from the Dardanelles to Hissarlik and Mount Ida, I noticed that my dragoman and his men did all our outdoor cooking exactly in the Odyssean and Iliadic fashion.
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The $17 million cash deal for the parent company of Dardanelles River Town Bank is expected to close by the end of July.
River Town Transaction Tops $17M
Every year, Australians and New Zealanders travel to Turkey for memorial services on April 25 commemorating the failed 1915 military campaign by ANZAC and allied forces to drive Ottoman troops from Gallipoli and the Dardanelles region.
Syrian plotted Anzac attack in Turkey
The US guided-missile destroyer Donald Cook began its transit of the Dardanelles Strait en route to the Black Sea, the press office of the US 6th Fleet reported on Tuesday.
Russian Navy to Track US Missile Destroyer Movements in Black Sea
Last time Turkey closed the Dardanelles Strait for domestic sea voyages on Jan.
Sea voyages canceled in Istanbul

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