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Hellespont
[ hel-uh-spont ]
Hellespont
/ ˈhɛlɪˌspɒnt /
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- Hel·les·pont·ine [hel-, uh, -, spon, -tin, -tahyn], adjective
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Example Sentences
A Turkish battleship joined in from the Hellespont, dropping about twenty 11.2-inch shells into our lines.
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This is the place of meeting and residence66 of the Dionysiac artists (who travel about) Ionia as far as the Hellespont.
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The Hellespont itself was, of course, one principal point of danger.
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Forty-five days were consumed in getting back to the Hellespont.
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This was at the time when Xerxes was just about crossing the Hellespont.
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