Dardanelles
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8.3
- proper noun
- /ˌdɑrdəˈnɛlz/
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Dardanelos
- Later that spring, as part of the 86th Brigade of the 29th Division, he was on the troopship, the River Clyde, which had reached the straits of the Dardanelles, ready to land its men on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Examples
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To pass from the Black Sea into the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean beyond, ships must pass through two narrow straits, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, as well as the small Sea of Marmara.
Academic text (2000) -
Pass northeast through the Dardanelles Strait and on into the yet smaller Black Sea, a region more important than many historians have credited it for being.
Fiction book (1994) -
I mean the point, the extent of their entrance to the Dardanelles is way down, but of course, due to the range of the guns, there was fire on both sides.
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In 1946, they were demanding a portion of Turkey and partial control of the Dardanelles.
Academic text (1990) -
Parts of it are clearly within any reasonable Canadian boundaries, but then the Dardanelles are clearly within Turkey, yet they legally form an international waterway.
Blog text (11) -
Approximately 3.7 percent of the world's daily oil consumption transits the Turkish Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.
Academic text (2009) -
Because of tanker traffic through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, Turkey has become an important north-south oil transit route.
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The Turkish navy patrols the waters of the Dardanelles, ensuring safe passage for vessels.
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In the spring of 334 B.C., Alexander the Great crossed the Dardanelles with an army of 35,000 men.
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The Dardanelles strait connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, playing a crucial role in maritime trade.
Synonyms
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9.9
A narrow sea passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara that separates European and Asian Turkey
A narrow sea connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and separating European and Asian parts of Turkey
Compounds
A failed 1915 Allied attack that tried to take the Dardanelles Strait to open a sea route to Russia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dardanelles comes from the ancient Greek name Dardanos, a legendary founder linked to the lands near Troy. So Dardanelles means the narrow 'strait' by that region, which helps explain why it is the important sea passage between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara.