Istanbul
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɪstænˈbʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editIstanbul
- A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
- A province in Turkey
Synonyms
edit- Byzantium, Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms
editTranslations
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See also
edit- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul m
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul m inan (related adjective istanbulský, demonym Istanbulan)
- Istanbul (a city in Turkey)
- Synonyms: (former name before 330 CE) Byzantion, (used especially in a historical context) Cařihrad, (former name, 330-1930 CE) Konstantinopol
- Istanbul (a province in Turkey)
Declension
editsingular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbulu |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulem |
Further reading
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul n
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Proper noun
editIstanbul
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Istanbul |
Accusative | Istanbul |
Dative | Istanbuli |
Genitive | Istanbuls |
Synonyms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Declension
editInflection of Istanbul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Istanbul | — | |
genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Istanbul | — | |
accusative | nom. | Istanbul | — |
gen. | Istanbulin | ||
genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
inessive | Istanbulissa | — | |
elative | Istanbulista | — | |
illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
adessive | Istanbulilla | — | |
ablative | Istanbulilta | — | |
allative | Istanbulille | — | |
essive | Istanbulina | — | |
translative | Istanbuliksi | — | |
abessive | Istanbulitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
edit- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul ?
German
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul n (proper noun, genitive Istanbuls or (optionally with an article) Istanbul)
Maltese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editIstanbul
- Istanbul (the capital city of Turkey)
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Norwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Portuguese
editProper noun
editIstanbul f
- Alternative spelling of Istambul
Romanian
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editÌstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)
Declension
editsingular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbula |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulom |
See also
editSlovene
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editȊstanbul m inan
Inflection
editMasculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Ístanbul | |
genitive | Ístanbula | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ístanbula | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom |
Related terms
editSwedish
editProper noun
editIstanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)
Tausug
editProper noun
editIstanbul
Turkish
editProper noun
editIstanbul
- Misspelling of İstanbul.
- English terms borrowed from Turkish
- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Provinces of Turkey
- en:Places in Turkey
- en:Cities in Turkey
- en:Istanbul
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Istanbul
- ca:Cities in Turkey
- ca:Places in Turkey
- ca:Provinces of Turkey
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Istanbul
- cs:Cities in Turkey
- cs:Places in Turkey
- cs:Provinces of Turkey
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish terms borrowed from Turkish
- Danish terms derived from Turkish
- Danish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Istanbul
- da:Cities in Turkey
- da:Places in Turkey
- da:Provinces of Turkey
- Dutch terms borrowed from Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Istanbul
- nl:Cities in Turkey
- nl:Places in Turkey
- nl:Provinces of Turkey
- Faroese terms borrowed from Turkish
- Faroese terms derived from Turkish
- Faroese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- fo:Istanbul
- fo:Cities in Turkey
- fo:Places in Turkey
- Finnish terms derived from Turkish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/istɑnbul
- Rhymes:Finnish/istɑnbul/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Istanbul
- fi:Cities in Turkey
- fi:Places in Turkey
- fi:Provinces of Turkey
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Istanbul
- fr:Cities in Turkey
- fr:Places in Turkey
- fr:Provinces of Turkey
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Istanbul
- de:Cities in Turkey
- de:Places in Turkey
- de:Provinces of Turkey
- Maltese 3-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio links
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- mt:Istanbul
- mt:Cities in Turkey
- mt:National capitals
- mt:Places in Turkey
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Istanbul
- nb:Cities in Turkey
- nb:Places in Turkey
- nb:Provinces of Turkey
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Istanbul
- nn:Cities in Turkey
- nn:Places in Turkey
- nn:Provinces of Turkey
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Istanbul
- ro:Cities in Turkey
- ro:Places in Turkey
- ro:Provinces of Turkey
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Istanbul
- sh:Cities in Turkey
- sh:Places in Turkey
- sh:Provinces of Turkey
- Slovene 3-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- sl:Istanbul
- sl:Cities in Turkey
- sl:Places in Turkey
- sl:Provinces of Turkey
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Istanbul
- sv:Cities in Turkey
- sv:Places in Turkey
- sv:Provinces of Turkey
- Tausug lemmas
- Tausug proper nouns
- Tausug terms without Jawi script
- Turkish non-lemma forms
- Turkish misspellings