hellespont Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
    Dardanelles; Canakkale Bogazi.

WordNet

Hel"les*pont noun
Etymology
L. Hellespontus, Gr. the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + sea.
Definitions
  1. A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Ægean Sea and the sea of Marmora.

Webster 1913