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Gallipoli.

A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.

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Meaning & usage

name/ɡəˈlɪpəli/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈlɪpl̩i/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈlɪpəli/General-American/ɡæˈlɪpəli/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas. The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) in World War I.

    historical
  2. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas. Synonym of Gelibolu: a town and municipality of Turkey, located on the Gallipoli peninsula (sense 1).

    dated
  3. A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

    also · attributive
    Gallipoli oil    Gallipoli soap
Where this word comes from

Sense 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish Gelibolu, and from its etymon Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs, “Kallipolis, former name of Gelibolu”) and late variant forms, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λλος (kắllos, “beauty; beautiful person or thing; nobility”) (of unknown origin, disputedly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“beautiful”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city; city-state”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- (“city; fortification”)). Doublet of Callipolis, Gelibolu, and Kallipolis. Sense 2 (“town in Italy”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Latin Callipolis, from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs): see above.

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