Hellespont

//ˈhɛl.ɪs.pɑnt// name

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  1. 1
    The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west. historical

    "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."

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dardanellesdardanelles

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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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos).

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aegean sea

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