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From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Constantinopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, City of Constantine), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).

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Constantinople

  1. Name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium.

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Constantinople m

  1. Constantinople
    Synonyms: (pre-Constantine) Byzance; (Ottoman) Istamboul; (Turkey) Istanbul

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From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).

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Constantinople

  1. Constantinople
    • c. 1300, SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105:
      Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.
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  • English: Constantinople