dardanelles

1. 1.

   the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey

   SynonymsCanakkale BogaziHellespont

   Broaderstrait

   Part ofTurkey
2. 2.

   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

   SynonymsDardanelles campaign

   Broadercampaign

   Part ofWorld War I

   Turkey

Other forms of dardanelles

plural

dardanelleses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dardanelles

What does dardanelles mean?

dardanelles means "the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dardanelles?

dardanelles has 3 syllables: dar-danel-les. The stress falls on "dar".

What is another word for dardanelles?

Close synonyms include Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont, Dardanelles campaign. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dardanelles a common word?

dardanelles is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.