Editing Dardanelles (section)

==Names==
The contemporary Turkish name {{lang|tr|Çanakkale Boğazı}}, meaning '{{lang|tr|Çanakkale|italic=no}} Strait', is derived from the [[Çanakkale|eponymous midsize city]] that adjoins the strait, itself meaning 'pottery fort'—from {{wikt-lang|ota|چاناق}} ({{lang|ota-Latn|çanak}}, 'pottery') + {{wikt-lang|ota|قلعه}} ({{wikt-lang|tr|kale}}, 'fortress')—in reference to the area's famous pottery and ceramic wares, and the landmark Ottoman fortress of Sultaniye.

The English name ''Dardanelles'' is an abbreviation of ''Strait of the Dardanelles''. During Ottoman times there was a castle on each side of the strait. These castles together were called the ''Dardanelles'',<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first1=David van |last1=Hoogstraten |first2=Matthaeus Brouërius van |last2=Nidek |first3=Jan Lodewyk |last3=Schuer |encyclopedia=Groot algemeen historisch, geografisch, genealogisch, en oordeelkundig woordenboek |volume=4: D en E |location=Amsterdam/Utrecht/The Hague |date=1727 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM-Ioe4CVgYC&pg=PA25 |title=Dardanellen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024131728/https://books.google.nl/books?id=gM-Ioe4CVgYC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=roumeli+iski-issar&source=bl&ots=hmSzTovLCV&sig=xxcHuj-Bjp4xaKd0NjcNi1W6I_4&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjroKyBovfTAhXsCsAKHVOqCPEQ6AEIPDAH |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=live |lang=nl |oclc=1193061215}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author-link=George Crabb (writer) |first=George |last=Crabb |encyclopedia=Universal Historical Dictionary |volume=1 |location=London |date=1833 |url=https://archive.org/details/universalhistori10crab/page/n519/mode/2up |title=Dardanelles |oclc=1158045075}}</ref> probably named after [[Dardanus (city)|Dardanus]], an ancient city on the Asian shore of the strait which in turn was said to take its name from [[Dardanus (son of Zeus)|Dardanus]], the mythical son of [[Zeus]] and [[Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]]. The name comes from the [[Dardani]] in the Balkans, according to Papazoglu.<ref>Papazoglu, F. (1978). The Central Balkan Tribes in Pre-Roman Times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians. Niederlande: Hakkert, p. 132</ref>

The ancient [[Greek language|Greek]] name {{lang|grc|Ἑλλήσποντος}} ({{lang|grc|Hellēspontos}}) means "Sea of Helle", and was the ancient name of the narrow strait. It was variously named in classical literature {{lang|la|Hellespontium Pelagus}}, {{lang|la|Rectum Hellesponticum}}, and {{lang|la|Fretum Hellesponticum}}. It was so called from [[Helle (mythology)|Helle]], the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here in the mythology of the [[Golden Fleece]].<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Hellespont|volume=13|page=246}}</ref>