Kalmar nan "Thermopylae" tana nufin wani wuri a ƙasar Girka wanda ya shahara da ƴar ƴar ƴan tsaunuka inda aka gwabza yaƙi a shekara ta 480 kafin haihuwar Annabi Isa tsakanin wata 'yar karamar rundunar Girka karkashin jagorancin sarki Leonidas na Sparta da kuma wani babban mamaya da sojojin Farisa suka jagoranta. by King Xerxes. An san yaƙin da yaƙin Thermopylae kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wani muhimmin lamari a cikin tsohon tarihin Girka. Kalmar "Thermopylae" ta samo asali ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "thermo" ma'ana mai zafi da "pyle" ma'ana kofa, don haka ana iya fassara sunan da "ƙofofin zafi".