Meanings
- historicalThe strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
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That he who has the time should lack the force, that she who has the force should lack the time! That a trifling and in all probability tractable obstruction of some endocrinal Bandusia, that a mere matter of forty-five or fifty minutes by the clock, should as effectively as death itself, or as the Hellespont, separate lovers.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLCSynonyms: Dardanelles
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
Origin
- Ancient GreekἙλλήσποντος
- EnglishHellespont
From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos).
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Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος
- Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos)strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Catalan Hel·lespont
- Hel·lespontstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Finnish Hellespontos
- Hellespontosstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
French Hellespont
- Hellespontstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
German Hellespont
- Hellespontstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Greek Ελλήσποντος
- Ελλήσποντος (Ellíspontos)strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Hungarian Hellészpontosz
- Hellészpontoszstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Irish Heilléaspontas
- Heilléaspontasstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Latin Hellēspontus
- Hellēspontusstrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Russian Геллеспо́нт
- Геллеспо́нт (Gellespónt)strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Spanish Helesponto
- Helespontostrait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
Cite this entry
Hellespont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hellespont
“Hellespont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hellespont. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hellespont,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hellespont.
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