Istanbul
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (istanbul), 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.
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Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
- 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 or Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
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See also Edit
- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul m
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul 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 Edit
singular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbulu |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulem |
Further reading Edit
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
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Istanbul
Dutch Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation Edit
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Istanbul n
Faroese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Declension Edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Istanbul |
Accusative | Istanbul |
Dative | Istanbuli |
Genitive | Istanbuls |
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Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Declension Edit
Inflection 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 | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | Istanbulitta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms Edit
- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul ?
German Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- Stambul (archaic)
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul n (proper noun, genitive Istanbuls or (optionally with an article) Istanbul)
Maltese Edit
Etymology Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
- Istanbul (the capital city of Turkey)
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Portuguese Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul f
- Alternative spelling of Istambul
Romanian Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)
Declension Edit
singular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbula |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulom |
See also Edit
Slovene Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Ȋstanbul m inan
Inflection Edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Ístanbul | |
genitive | Ístanbula | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom |
Related terms Edit
Swedish Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)
Tausug Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
Turkish Edit
Proper noun Edit
Istanbul
- Misspelling of İstanbul.