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DARDANELLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Dardanelles; Dardanelles campaign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
campaign; military campaign (several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints))
Domain region:
Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)
Holonyms ("Dardanelles" is a part of...):
First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
Synonyms:
Canakkale Bogazi; Dardanelles; Hellespont
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
Holonyms ("Dardanelles" is a part of...):
Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)
