Dardanelles

English thumb|Location of the Dardanelles (in yellow). Etymology Named after Ottoman forts spanning the strait, the Dardanelles, themselves likely named after Dardanus, an ancient city on the Asian shore of the strait, itself said to take its name from Dardanus, the son of Zeus and Electra. Pronunciation en /ˌdɑː.dənˈɛlz/ [ˌdɑː.dənˈɛɫz] UK en /ˌdɑɹ.dənˈɛlz/ [ˌdɑɹ.dənˈɛɫz] UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dardanelles.wav Southern England Proper noun the Dardanelles The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west. Synonyms en Hellespont historical Translations strait Afrikaans: af Dardanelle p Albanian: sq Dardanelet Amharic: am የዳርዳኔል ወሽመጥ Arabic: ar اَلدَرْدَنِّيل m Armenian: hy Դարդանել Azerbaijani: az Dardanel Basque: eu Dardaneloak p Belarusian: be Дарданэ́лы f-p Bengali: bn দার্দানেলেস প্রণালী Bulgarian: bg Дардане́ли f-p Catalan: ca Dardanels m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 達達尼爾海峽 Dádání'ěr Hǎixiá Czech: cs Dardanely f-p Danish: da Dardanellerne p Dutch: nl Dardanellen p Esperanto: eo Dardaneloj p Estonian: et Dardanellid Finnish: fi Dardanellit French: fr Dardanelles f-p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Dardanellen p Galician: gl Dardanelos m-p Georgian: ka დარდანელი, ka დარდანელის სრუტე German: de Dardanellen p Greek: el Δαρδανέλια f Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλλήσποντος m Hebrew: he דרדנלים m-p dardanelim Hindi: hi दार्दानेल जलसन्धि Hungarian: hu Dardanellák Icelandic: is Dardanellasund n Indonesian: id Selat Dardanella Irish: ga an Dardainéil f Italian: it Dardanelli m p Japanese: ja ダーダネルス海峡 Dādanerusu-kaikyō Kannada: kn ಡಾರ್ಡ್ನೆಲ್ಸ್‌ Kazakh: kk Дарданелл бұғазы Korean: ko 다르다넬스 해협 Kyrgyz: ky Дарданелл Latin: la Hellēspontus m Latvian: lv Dardaneļi m-p Lithuanian: lt Dardanelai m-p Macedonian: mk Дарданели f-p Malay: ms Dardanelles Malayalam: ml ഡാർഡനെൽസ് Maltese: mt Dardanelli Marathi: mr डार्डेनेल्झ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Dardanellene p Nynorsk: nn Dardanellane p Persian: fa داردانل dârdânel Polish: pl Dardanele nv Portuguese: pt Dardanelos m-p Punjabi: pa ਡਾਰਡੇਨੇਲਸ ਸਟਰੇਟ Romanian: ro Dardanele m-p Russian: ru Дардане́ллы f-p Dardanɛ́lly Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Дарданели f-p Latin: sh Dardaneli f-p Slovak: sk Dardanely f-p Slovene: sl Dardanele f-p Somali: so Dardaniil Spanish: es Dardanelos m p Swedish: sv Dardanellerna c-p Tajik: tg Дарданелл Tamil: ta தார்தனெல்சு நீரிணை Telugu: te డార్డనెల్లెస్ Thai: th ดาร์ดะเนลส์ Turkish: tr Çanakkale Boğazı Ukrainian: uk Дардане́лли f-p Uzbek: uz Dardanel boʻgʻozi Vietnamese: vi Dardanellia Welsh: cy Dardanelles See also en Bosphorus en Dardanelle en Straits Turkey en exonyms French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-Dardanelles.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Dardanelles.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Proper noun f-p en Dardanelles fr Straits Turkey fr exonyms