Synonyms for Dardanelles (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey):
Hellespont, Canakkale Bogazi
WordNet sense 2 (the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks):
Dardanelles campaign
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