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Hellespont

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

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dardanellesnoun	The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
golden hornnoun	A major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
hissarliknoun	Alternative form of Hisarlik. [An ancient city of Anatolia, near modern-day Gökçalı in Çanakkale, Turkey.]
hellenismnoun	Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility.
helepolenoun	Alternative form of helepolis. [an ancient Greek siege engine consisting of a wheeled tower containing machines for throwing stones and spears]
hellenophonenoun	Greek-speaking
hattiannoun	(historical) A member of an ancient people who inhabited the land of Hatti in central Anatolia (present-day Turkey).
hydaspesnoun	(historical) The river Jhelum, on the Indian subcontinent, especially as the location of a battle fought by Alexander the Great against King Porus in 326 BCE.
helm-portnoun	Alternative form of helm port. [(historical, nautical) A hole through the counter of a ship, through which the rudderstock passes.]
hattinoun	a region of Bronze Age Anatolia, inhabited by the Hattians and then the Hittites
himmalehnoun	(obsolete) Synonym of Himalayas: the Central Asian mountain range.
hyrcanianoun	(historical) A region in the southeastern Caspian Sea, corresponding to parts of modern-day Iran (specifically Northern Iran) and Turkmenistan.
heliopausenoun	(astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
helmnoun	(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
hellesnoun	A type of lightly-hopped pale lager traditionally produced in southern Germany.
heliosheathnoun	(astronomy) A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.
heliospherenoun	(astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.
hasapikonoun	A Greek folk dance from Constantinople.
hesperianoun	Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
hypaspistnoun	(historical, military, Ancient Greece) A type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.