Cindy is a classic favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby name for girls, though not to the extent it was before. The name grew in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1950s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the peak of its usage in 1957, 0.965% of baby girls were named Cindy.n addition, Cindy is a diminutive form of the English name Cinderella. Cindy is also a diminutive form (English and Latin) of the English, German, and Greek name Cynthia. Cindy is also a diminutive form (Dutch and English) of the English, Portuguese, and Spanish name Lucinda.
Dardanelles, formerly Hellespont, Turkish Ãanakkale BoÄazÄ±, narrow strait in northwestern Turkey, 38 miles (61 km) long and 0.75 to 4 miles (1.2 to 6.5 km) wide, linking the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC) a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415.