HyperDic: hellespont

English > 1 sense of the word Hellespont:
NOUNlocationHellespont, Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazithe strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
English > Hellespont: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningThe strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey.
SynonymsDardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi
Instance ofstrait, soundA narrow channel of the sea joining two larger / larger bodies of water
Part ofTurkey, Republic of TurkeyA Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans
SpanishDardanelos, Helesponto

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