Dardanelles

[ dahr-dn-elz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. the strait between European and Asian Turkey, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. 40 miles (64 km) long; 1–5 miles (1.6–8 km) wide.

Dardanelles

/ ˌdɑːdəˈnɛlz /

noun

1. the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, separating European from Asian Turkey Ancient nameHellespont

Example Sentences

Otherwise, a child's box of tin soldiers sent by post would have been just the thing for the Dardanelles landing!

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This would be an awful blow to us out here, would be a sign that Providence had some grudge against the Dardanelles.

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No more searchlights by night; no more big explosives flying from the Aegean into the Dardanelles!

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During that fortnight of silence the whole of the Turkish Empire has been moving—closing in—on the Dardanelles.

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Si le barrage des Dardanelles n'était pas brisé, il serait tourné.

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