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HELLESPONT

• HELLESPONT (noun)
The noun HELLESPONT has 1 sense:

1. the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey

Familiarity information: HELLESPONT used as a noun is very rare.

• HELLESPONT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Canakkale Bogazi; Dardanelles; Hellespont

Instance hypernyms:

sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)

Holonyms ("Hellespont" is a part of...):

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923)

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