Gallipoli
English
Etymology
From Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish and late variant forms of Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “Callipolis”), from the combining form of Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, beautiful”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Gelibolu, Callipolis, and Kallipolis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɪpəli/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Gallipoli
- (dated) Synonym of Gelibolu, a town and municipality of Turkey.
- A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
- (by ellipsis, historical) The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16) in World War I.
Synonyms
- (peninsula): Chersonese, Thracian Chersonese, Chersonesus Thracica
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡalˈli.po.li/
- Rhymes: -ipoli
- Hyphenation: Gal‧lì‧po‧li
Proper noun
Gallipoli m
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gallipoli in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
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