hellespont

/ˈhɛl.ɪs.pɑnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.87 in modern English

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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."

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos).

the Hellespont (canonical)

Hellespontian Hellespontic Hellespontine

Dardanelles

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛl.ɪs.pɑnt/.

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Where does hellespont come from?

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos).

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