Dardanelles

Senso (Inglese)

The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.

Concetti

Dardanelli

Ellesponto

stretto dei Dardanelli

sinonimi

Hellespont

Canakkale Bogazi

Dardanelles campaign

Traduzioni

Δαρδανέλια

Dardanellen

Dardanelos

Dardanellen

Dardanelos

Çanakkale Boğazı

Dardanelles

Dardanels

Détroit des Dardanelles

Hellespont

الدردنيل

Ελλήσποντος

Δαρδανέλλια

Tengava Çanakkale

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌdɑː.dənˈɛlz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Named after Ottoman forts spanning the strait, the Dardanelles, themselves likely named after Dardanus, an ancient city on the Asian shore of the strait, itself said to take its name from Dardanus, the son of Zeus and Electra.