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dardanelles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dardanelles \Dardanelles\ n.
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the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
Syn: Hellespont.
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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.
Syn: Dardanelles campaign.
Wikipedia
The Dardanelles (; , ), formerly known as Hellespont (; , Hellespontos, literally "Sea of Helle"), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally-significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey, that forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey. One of the world's narrowest straits used for international navigation, the Dardanelles connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, while also allowing passage to the Black Sea by extension via the Bosphorus.
Most of the northern shores of the strait along the Gallipoli Peninsula are sparsely settled, while the southern shores along the Troad Peninsula are inhabited by the city of Çanakkale's urban population of 110,000.
Together with the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles forms the Turkish Straits.
Dardanelles are a four-piece indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia formed in early 2006. Often incorrectly labelled or billed as "The Dardanelles", they are named after the narrow strait in northwestern Turkey of the same name.
Dardanelles is the debut EP by Melbourne based Indie rock band Dardanelles released in November 2004.
Usage examples of "dardanelles".
At first they swam obliquely upwards, rather towards Nagara Point than the Dardanelles, but notwithstanding their skill and efforts they made little progress.
I hope you may never repent of not taking me, for without me you will never pass the Dardanelles.
Such was the short dialogue I had with the worthy count, who, as a matter of fact, did not pass the Dardanelles.
But these ships need not stop at Syria, they can go by the Dardanelles and the Black Sea, by uninterrupted water communication, to the shores of Armenia itself.
Incidentally, Colonel Baylor in his report said that Rostov trapped Havelock in Athens, and although be could have gotten him out of Greece and Into Russia by way Of the Dardanelles, he chose not to.
Churchill, the British lord of the admiralty, tried to break the deadlock by launching an attack on Turkey from the Dardanelles, to open a new supply route to Russia.
When we came to the Macedonian coast in moonlight we sailed along it, and up the Dardanelles, looking out for village, yali, or any habitation where we might put up: but everything wrecked, Kilid- Bahr, Chanak-Kaleh, Gallipoli, Lapsaki in ruins.
German submarines in the First World War: Weddigen and the U9, submarine plays decisive role in Dardanelles campaign, sinking a total of thirteen million gross register tons.