Gallipoli

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɪpəli/

Proper noun

Gallipoli

(geography) A city in Turkey, the former Byzantine Callipolis.
Synonym: Gelibolu
(geography) Short for the Gallipoli Peninsula, a peninsula in Turkey north of the Dardanelles between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
Synonyms: the Chersonese, Thracian Chersonese, Chersonesus Thracica
(by ellipsis) The Gallipoli Campaign (1915-16).

Translations

peninsula

Arabic: غَالِيبُولي‎ m (gālībōli), غَلِيبُولِي‎ m (ḡalībūlī), غَلِبُولِي‎ m (ḡalibūlī)
French: Gallipoli (fr) m
German: Gallipoli n
Greek: Καλλίπολη (el) n (Kallípoli)
Italian: Gallipoli m
Latin: Callipolis f
Portuguese: Galípoli m
Russian: Галли́поли (ru) m (Gallípoli)
Spanish: Galípoli m
Turkish: Gelibolu (tr)
Ukrainian: Галліполі ? (Hallipoli)
Zazaki: Gelibolu

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡalˈli.po.li/
Rhymes: -ipoli
Hyphenation: Gal‧lì‧po‧li

Proper noun

Gallipoli m

A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy
Gallipoli (a town and peninsula in Turkey)

Derived terms

gallipolino

Further reading

Gallipoli in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gallipoli f

Alternative spelling of Galípoli

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