Gallipoli

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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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɪpəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Gallipoli

1. (dated) Synonym of Gelibolu, a town and municipality of Turkey.
2. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
3. (by ellipsis, historical) The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16) in World War I.

• (peninsula): Chersonese, Thracian Chersonese, Chersonesus Thracica

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Gallipoli

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From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

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

Gallipoli m

1. A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy
2. Gallipoli, Gelibolu (a town and municipality of Turkey)
3. Gallipoli (a peninsula in Turkey)

• gallipolino

• → English: Gallipoli
• → Portuguese: Galípoli

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

Gallipoli f

1. Alternative spelling of Galípoli