Miklagård
Danish
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”),[1] from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editMiklagård ? (historical)
- Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMiklagård n (genitive Miklagårds) (historical)
- Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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- Danish terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Danish learned borrowings from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
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- da:Istanbul
- da:Cities in Turkey
- da:Places in Turkey
- da:Ancient settlements
- da:Historical capitals
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
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- sv:Istanbul
- sv:Cities in Turkey
- sv:Places in Turkey
- sv:Ancient settlements
- sv:Historical capitals