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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

Hellespontus

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + [GREEK] sea.]

A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the

Daradanelles

. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.

Noun.

A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Dardanelles; a part of the passage between the Euxine and the Egean sea.