Meanings
proper nounthe Dardanelles
- The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
Synonyms: Hellespont
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
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Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Dardanelle
- Dardanellestrait
Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος
- Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos)strait
Arabic اَلدَرْدَنِّيل
- اَلدَرْدَنِّيل (ad-dardannīl)strait
Basque Dardaneloak
- Dardaneloakstrait
Bengali দার্দানেলেস প্রণালী
- দার্দানেলেস প্রণালী (dardaneles pronali)strait
Bulgarian Дардане́ли
- Дардане́ли (Dardanéli)strait
Catalan Dardanels
- Dardanelsstrait
Chinese Mandarin 達達尼爾海峽 /达达尼尔海峡
- 達達尼爾海峽 /达达尼尔海峡 (Dádání'ěr Hǎixiá)strait
Czech Dardanely
- Dardanelystrait
Danish Dardanellerne
- Dardanellernestrait
Dutch Dardanellen
- Dardanellenstrait
Esperanto Dardaneloj
- Dardanelojstrait
Estonian Dardanellid
- Dardanellidstrait
Finnish Dardanellit
- Dardanellitstrait
French Dardanelles
- Dardanellesstrait
German Dardanellen
- Dardanellenstrait
Greek Δαρδανέλια
- Δαρδανέλια (Dardanélia)strait
Hebrew דרדנלים
- דרדנלים (dardanelim)strait
Hindi दार्दानेल्ज़ जलसन्धि
- दार्दानेल्ज़ जलसन्धि (dārdānelz jalsandhi)strait
Hungarian Dardanellák
- Dardanellákstrait
Icelandic Dardanellasund
- Dardanellasundstrait
Indonesian Selat Dardanella
- Selat Dardanellastrait
Irish an Dardainéil
- an Dardainéilstrait
Italian Dardanelli
- Dardanellistrait
Japanese ダーダネルス海峡
- ダーダネルス海峡 (Dādanerusu-kaikyō)strait
Korean 다르다넬스 해협
- 다르다넬스 해협 (dareudanelseu haehyeop)strait
Latin Hellēspontus
- Hellēspontusstrait
Latvian Dardaneļi
- Dardaneļistrait
Lithuanian Dardanelai
- Dardanelaistrait
Malay Dardanelles
- Dardanellesstrait
Norwegian Bokmål Dardanellene
- Dardanellenestrait
Persian داردانل
- داردانل (dârdânel)strait
Polish Dardanele
- Dardanelestrait
Portuguese Dardanelos
- Dardanelosstrait
Punjabi ਡਾਰਡੇਨੇਲਸ ਸਟਰੇਟ
- ਡਾਰਡੇਨੇਲਸ ਸਟਰੇਟ (ḍārḍenelas saṭreṭ)strait
Romanian Dardanele
- Dardanelestrait
Russian Дардане́ллы
- Дардане́ллы (Dardanɛ́lly)strait
Slovak Dardanely
- Dardanelystrait
Spanish Dardanelos
- Dardanelosstrait
Swedish Dardanellerna
- Dardanellernastrait
Tamil தார்தனெல்சு நீரிணை
- தார்தனெல்சு நீரிணை (tārtaṉelcu nīriṇai)strait
Thai ดาร์ดะเนลส์
- ดาร์ดะเนลส์strait
Turkish Çanakkale Boğazı
- Çanakkale Boğazıstrait
Ukrainian Дардане́лли
- Дардане́лли (Dardanélly)strait
Vietnamese Dardanellia
- Dardanelliastrait
Welsh Dardanelles
- Dardanellesstrait
Cite this entry
APA
Dardanelles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dardanelles
MLA
“Dardanelles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dardanelles. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dardanelles,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dardanelles.
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