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Gallipoli (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 026 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 26.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a Byzantine fortress; was captured by Ottomans ca. 1356 & used as a naval base to defend Istanbul; site of resistance by Turkey to Allied troops in Dardanelles Campaign of WW I; rebuilt as a center for fishing & canning of sardines. |
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| Gelibolu (preferred,C,V)
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| Gallipoli (C,O,English-P)
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| גאליפולי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Callipolis (H,V)
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| Gallipolis (H,V)
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| Kallipolis (H,V)
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............ | ancient name may have been transferred to this place during the Middle Ages |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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sometimes identified with Kallipolis, an ancient city of the Rhodian Peraea, though evidence is not conclusive |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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