Meaning & use
Hellespont
The ancient name for the Dardanelles, a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey linking the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
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According to Greek legend, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to see Hero.
Xerxes had his engineers build a bridge of ships across the Hellespont to invade Greece.
A note on using this word
Hellespont is the historical and literary name still used in poetry and classical references; Dardanelles is the modern geographic name.
Words with a similar meaning
dardanelles
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