Mikligarður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Miklagarðr.

Proper noun

Mikligarður m

1. (archaic) Istanbul (a city in Turkey)

   Synonym: Istanbúl

See also

• Kænugarður (“Kyiv”)

Further reading

• “Mikligarður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)