Noun
- 1. Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont
- usage: the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
- 2. Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign
- usage: 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
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