Gallipoli

Sense 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish Gelibolu,^[1][2] 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”) (probably ultimately 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,^[3] from Latin Callipolis, from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs): see above.

• Sense 1:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɪpəli/, /ɡəˈlɪpl̩i/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɪpəli/

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• Sense 2:
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɡæˈlɪpəli/

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• Hyphenation: Gal‧li‧po‧li

Gallipoli

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

   Synonyms: Chersonese, Chersonesus Thracica, Thracian Chersonese (all historical)

   1. (by ellipsis, historical) The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) in World War I.
      • 1977, Colleen McCullough, “1921–1928”, in The Thorn Birds, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 40:

        And anyway, it strikes me that the blasted English use Anzacs as fodder for the enemy guns, putting them into places where they don't want to waste their own precious tropps. Look at the way that saber-rattling [Winston] Churchill sent our men into something as useless as Gallipoli! Ten thousand killed out of fifty thousand! Twice as bad as decimation.

   2. (dated) Synonym of Gelibolu: a town and municipality of Turkey, located on the Gallipoli peninsula (sense 1).
4. (also attributive) A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

   Gallipoli oil    Gallipoli soap

• Gallipolian
• Gallipoli Day (chiefly UK)
• Gallipoli gallop

• Gallipoli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallipoli, Apulia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gelibolu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallipoli (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Gallipoli, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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