# Gallipoli

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡəˈlɪpəli/ · frequency rank #29,665

## Definitions
1. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
2. A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.
3. A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

## Etymology
Sense 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish Gelibolu, 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”) (of unknown origin, disputedly 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, from Latin Callipolis, from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs): see above.

## Common misspellings (11)
`agllipoli`, `galilpoli`, `galipoli`, `galliopli`, `galliploi`, `gallipoil`, `gallipolli`, `gallippoli`, `gallpioli`, `ggallipoli`, `glalipoli`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gallipoli