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Hellespont

Language

English

Location of the Hellespont (in yellow).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#HELLESPONT Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos)Category:English undefined derivations#HELLESPONT.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl.ɪ.spɒnt/Category:English 3-syllable words#HELLESPONT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HELLESPONT
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl.ɪs.pɑnt/Category:English 3-syllable words#HELLESPONT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HELLESPONT

Proper noun

the HellespontCategory:English lemmas#HELLESPONT Category:English proper nouns#HELLESPONT Category:English uncountable nouns#HELLESPONT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#HELLESPONT Category:Pages with entries#HELLESPONT Category:Pages with 1 entry#HELLESPONT

(historical Category:English terms with historical senses#HELLESPONT) The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
  That he who has the time should lack the force, that she who has the force should lack the time! That a trifling and in all probability tractable obstruction of some endocrinal Bandusia, that a mere matter of forty-five or fifty minutes by the clock, should as effectively as death itself, or as the Hellespont, separate lovers.
  Category:English terms with quotations#HELLESPONT

Synonyms

Dardanelles

Translations

strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea

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Armenian: Հելլեսպոնտոս (Hellespontos)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#HELLESPONT
Catalan: Hel·lespont mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#HELLESPONT
Finnish: HellespontosCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#HELLESPONT
French: Hellespont (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#HELLESPONT
Galician: DardanelosCategory:Terms with Galician translations#HELLESPONT
Georgian: ჰელესპონტი (helesṗonṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#HELLESPONT, ჰელესპონტის სრუტე (helesṗonṭis sruṭe)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#HELLESPONT
German: Hellespont (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#HELLESPONT
Greek: Ελλήσποντος (el) m (Ellíspontos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HELLESPONT
Ancient Greek: Ἑλλήσποντος m (Hellḗspontos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#HELLESPONT
Hungarian: HellészpontoszCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#HELLESPONT
Irish: Heilléaspontas mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#HELLESPONT
Latin: Hellēspontus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#HELLESPONT
Marathi: हेलिस्पाँट (helispŏṇṭa)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#HELLESPONT
Russian: Геллеспо́нт m (Gellespónt)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HELLESPONT
Spanish: Helesponto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HELLESPONT

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