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Hellespont vs Leander - What's the difference?

hellespont | leander |

As proper nouns the difference between hellespont and leander

is that hellespont is the strait connecting the sea of marmara with the aegean sea to the west while leander is (label) the lover of hero who swam every night across the hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.

hellespont

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.

    • Synonyms

    * Dardanelles

    leander

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (label) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
  • * : Act IV, Scene I:
    • Leander , he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night.
  • , also of a Spanish sixth century saint.

    • Anagrams

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