Look up: hellespont

1. Hellespont
   the ancient name for the Dardanelles, a strait northwest of Turkey, between Asian Turkey and the Gallipoli Peninsula of European Turkey, about 40 miles (64 km) long and one to four miles (1.6 to 6.4 km) wide; the Hellespont connects the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; the name Hellespont is derived...
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2. Hellespont
   Hel'les·pont noun [ Latin Hellespontus , Greek ...; ... the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + ... sea.] A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles . It connects the Ægean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
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3. Hellespont
   • (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
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4. Hellespont
   Hellespont: see Dardanelles.
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5. Hellespont
   Former name of the Dardanelles, the strait that separates Europe from Asia
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