Gallipoli

English 2025 April 25 Etymology vertical ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli.jpg ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli, Turkey (en Turkey), a World War II battle site. Gallipoli , Puglia - panoramio (87).jpg A view of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy (en Italy). en ine-pro *tpelH-en qsb-grc en Turkey 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from en it Gallipoli, from en tr Gelibolu,n.2 1 7982287873 March 2025n and from its etymon en gkm Καλλίπολῐς Kallipolis, former name of Gelibolu and late variant forms, from en grc κᾰ́λλος beauty; beautiful person or thing; nobility (of unknown origin, disputedly from en ine-pro *kal- beautiful) + grc πόλις city; city-state (ultimately from en ine-pro *tpelH- city; fortification). en Callipolis Gelibolu Kallipolis. en Italy 1 (“town in Italy”) is borrowed from en it Gallipoli,n.1 1 5212335253 December 2024 from en la Callipolis, from en gkm Καλλίπολῐς: see above. Pronunciation Senses 1 and 2: en /ɡəˈlɪpəli/ /ɡəˈlɪpl̩i/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gallipoli.wav Southern England en /ɡəˈlɪpəli/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Gallipoli.wav GA Sense 2: en en /ɡæˈlɪpəli/ RP,GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gallipoli2.wav Southern England en ɪpəli 4 en Gal li po li Proper noun en Turkeyen peninsula c/Turkey north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas. en Chersonese Chersonesus Thracica Thracian Chersonese<qq:all historical> en by ellipsis historical The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) in World War I. en 1977 w:Colleen McCullough 1921–1928 w:The Thorn Birds New York, N.Y. Harper & Row 40 https://archive.org/details/thornbirds00macc/page/40/mode/1up 978-0-06-012956-9 And anyway, it strikes me that the blasted English use Anzacs as fodder for the enemy guns, putting them into places where they don't want to waste their own precious tropps. Look at the way that saber-rattling Winston Churchill sent our men into something as useless as Gallipoli! Ten thousand killed out of fifty thousand! Twice as bad as decimation. en dated en @syn of:Gelibolu town/and/municipality c/Turkey located on the Gallipoli peninsula (en Turkey). en Italyen also attributive en town p/Lecce r/Apulia c/Italy. en Gallipoli oil    Gallipoli soap Derived terms en Gallipolian en Gallipoli Day chiefly UK en Gallipoli gallop Translations peninsula in Turkey Arabic: ar جاليبولي Armenian: hy Գալիպոլի Azerbaijani: az Gelibolu Basque: eu Gallipoli Belarusian: be Галі́палі Bengali: bn গ্যালিপলি Breton: br Gallipoli Bulgarian: bg Галипо́ли Catalan: ca Gal·lípoli Cebuano: ceb Gallipoli Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加里波利 Jiālǐbōlì Czech: cs Gallipoli Danish: da Gallipoli Dutch: nl Gallipoli Esperanto: eo Kalipolis Estonian: et Gelibolu Finnish: fi Gallipoli French: fr Gallipoli Frisian: West Frisian: fy Gallipoli Georgian: ka გალიპოლი German: de Gallipoli, de Gelibolu Greek: el Καλλίπολη f Hebrew: he גליפולי Hungarian: hu Gallipoli Indonesian: id Gallipoli Italian: it Gallipoli m Japanese: ja ガッリーポリ Garrīpori Kannada: kn ಗಲಿಪೊಲಿ Korean: ko 갈리폴리 Luxembourgish: lb Gallipoli Macedonian: mk Галиполе Malay: ms Gallipoli Māori: mi Karipori Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Gallipoli Nynorsk: nn Gallipoli Occitan: oc Gallipoli Persian: fa گالیپولی Polish: pl Gallipoli Portuguese: pt Gallipoli f, pt Galípoli f Punjabi: Western Punjabi: pnb گیلی پولی Russian: ru Галлиполи f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Галипоље Latin: sh Galipolje Slovene: sl Gallipoli Spanish: es Galípoli Tamil: ta கலிபோலி Thai: th กัลลิโพลี Turkish: tr Gelibolu Ukrainian: uk Галліпо́лі Urdu: ur گیلی پولی Uzbek: uz Gallipoli Welsh: cy Gallipoli Gallipoli campaign Finnish: fi Gallipoli Macedonian: mk synonym of Gelibolu Gelibolu town in Italy Arabic: ar قليبلي Armenian: hy Գալիպոլի Basque: eu Gallipoli Belarusian: be Галіполі Breton: br Gallipoli Bulgarian: bg Галипо́ли Catalan: ca Gallipoli Cebuano: ceb Gallipoli Chechen: ce Галлиполи Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加里波利 Jiālǐbōlì Danish: da Gallipoli Dutch: nl Gallipoli Finnish: fi Gallipoli French: fr Gallipoli German: de Gallipoli Greek: el Καλλίπολη f Hungarian: hu Gallipoli Indonesian: id Gallipoli Italian: it Gallipoli m Japanese: ja ガッリーポリ Garrīpori Kazakh: kk Галлиполи Korean: ko 갈리폴리 Latin: la Gallipolis f, la Callipolis f Lombard: lmo Gallipoli Luxembourgish: lb Gallipoli Macedonian: mk Malay: ms Gallipoli Neapolitan: nap Gallipoli Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Gallipoli Nynorsk: nn Gallipoli Persian: fa گالیپولی Polish: pl Gallipoli Portuguese: pt Galípoli f Romanian: ro Gallipoli Russian: ru Галлиполи f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Latin: sh Gallipoli Sicilian: scn Caddhrìpuli, scn Caddhìpuli, scn Caddìpuli Silesian: szl Gallipoli Slovene: sl Gallipoli Spanish: es Gallipoli Swedish: sv Gallipoli Tagalog: tl Gallipoli Tatar: tt Галлиполи Turkish: tr Gallipoli Ukrainian: uk Ґалліполі, uk Галліполі Uzbek: uz Gallipoli Venetan: vec Gallipoli Vietnamese: vi Gallipoli Waray-Waray: war Gallipoli References Further reading Gallipoli, Apulia Gelibolu Gallipoli (disambiguation) n en exonyms heteronyms en Cities in the Byzantine Empire Cities in the Roman Empire World War I Italian it: Etymology From it la Callipolis, from it grc Καλλίπολις. Pronunciation Gallìpoli Proper noun m it town p/Lecce r/Apulia c/Italy it town/and/municipality c/Turkey Gallipoli Gelibolu it peninsula c/Turkey Gallipoli Derived terms it gallipolino Descendants en Gallipoli 1 pt Galípoli 1 Further reading Portuguese Proper noun f pt Galípoli