hellespont

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von hellespont im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: Çanakkale Boğazı; (isim) çanakkale boğazı
Dardanelles: boğazlar
dardanelles: Çanakkale Boğaz
Dardanelles: â‚¬anakkale Boğazı

Türkisch - Türkisch

Definition von hellespont im Türkisch Türkisch wörterbuch: Akdeniz ile Karadeniz'i birleştiren ve Asya'yı Avrupa'dan ayıran çanakkale Boğazı'na verilen ad

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von hellespont im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west; {n} the strait between Europe and Asia, by which the Euxine runs into the Mediterranean; {i} ancient name for Dardanelles, strait between European and Asian Turkey (connects the Aegean sea with the Sea of Marmara); the Hellespont a former name for the Dardanelles; A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles; the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
Dardanelles: The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west
Dardanelles: the Dardanelles the long narrow area of sea which connects the European and Asian parts of Turkey. It was called the Hellespont in ancient times. ancient Hellespont Narrow strait between the peninsula of Gallipoli in Europe and the mainland of Turkey in Asia. Some 38 mi (61 km) long and 0.75-4 mi (1-6 km) wide, it links the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. Strategically important from antiquity, the Dardanelles was defended by Troy from its position on the Asian side. In 480 BC the Persian Xerxes I crossed the strait to invade Greece; Alexander the Great also crossed it in 334 BC on his expedition against Persia. Held by the Roman Republic and Empire and the Byzantine Empire and later by the Ottoman Empire, it is of great strategic and economic importance as the gateway from the Black Sea to Istanbul and the Mediterranean Sea
Dardanelles: {i} strait between European and Asian Turkey (connects the Aegean sea with the Sea of Marmara)
dardanelles: the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
dardanelles: 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 the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
dardanelles: 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