Carigrad
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From cȁr (“emperor”) + grȃd (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Càrigrād m (Cyrillic spelling Ца̀ригра̄д)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
- Synonym: (modern) Ìstanbul
Declension edit
Declension of Carigrad
singular | |
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nominative | Carigrad |
genitive | Carigrada |
dative | Carigradu |
accusative | Carigrad |
vocative | Carigrade |
locative | Carigradu |
instrumental | Carigradom |
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.