Meanings
- A city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.
Synonyms: Gallipoli, Callipolis, Kallipolis
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city on the Gallipoli Pensinsula in Turkey.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκάλλος“beauty, beautiful”
- Medieval GreekΚαλλίπολις
- Ottoman Turkishگلیبولی
- TurkishGelibolu
- EnglishGelibolu
From Turkish Gelibolu, from Ottoman Turkish گلیبولی (Gelibolu), from Medieval Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis), from the combining form of Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, beautiful”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Callipolis, Kallipolis, and Gallipoli.
More words from Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Medieval Greek
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Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις
- Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis)Translations
Arabic غَالِيبُولي, غَلِيبُولِي
- غَالِيبُولي (Gālībōli)Translations
- غَلِيبُولِي (ḡalībūlī)Translations
- غَلِبُولِي (ḡalibūlī)Translations
French Gallipoli
- GallipoliTranslations
German Gallipoli
- GallipoliTranslations
Greek Καλλίπολη
- Καλλίπολη (Kallípoli)Translations
Italian Gallipoli
- GallipoliTranslations
Latin Callipolis
- CallipolisTranslations
Portuguese Galípoli
- GalípoliTranslations
Russian Галли́поли
- Галли́поли (Gallípoli)Translations
Spanish Galípoli
- GalípoliTranslations
Turkish Gelibolu
- GeliboluTranslations
Ukrainian Галліполі
- Галліполі (Hallipoli)Translations
Cite this entry
Gelibolu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gelibolu
“Gelibolu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gelibolu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gelibolu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gelibolu.
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