Definitions for Hellespont

Hellespont Hel·les·pont

Spelling: [hel-uh-spont]
IPA: /ˈhɛl əˌspɒnt/

Hellespont is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 488 anagrams from letters in Hellespont (eehllnopst).

Definitions for Hellespont

noun

  1. ancient name of the Dardanelles.

Examples for Hellespont

It is still to be seen to the north of the embouchure of the Hellespont.

Nay, I have heard further that he sent branders also with them to brand the Hellespont.

When love has to breast the Hellespont it feels its most impassioned thrill.

Some were already in the Hellespont, where they had been left as guardships by Pasippidas, or else at Antandrus.

This done, the rest of the generals hastened back to the Hellespont.

By the way, who was the fellow that swam the Hellespont for love of a young lady?

Agesilaus resolved to act upon it, and despatched Lysander to the Hellespont.

To-morrow, he adds, his vessels shall float on the Hellespont.

Such was the state of affairs in the Hellespont, so far at least as Athens and Sparta are concerned.

The Hellespont itself was, of course, one principal point of danger.

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