Constantinople
English
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editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊpəl
- Hyphenation: Con‧stan‧ti‧no‧ple
Proper noun
editConstantinople
- (historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
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editTranslations
editname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 C.E.; previously known as Byzantium
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editConstantinople m
- (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).
Proper noun
editConstantinople
- Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
- c. 1300, SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105:
- Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- English: Constantinople
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