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Constantinople
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English
Alternative forms
en Constantinopolis
en Konstantinoupolis
Etymology
en :bor enm:Constantinople +
From en enm Constantinople, ultimately from en la-lat Cōnstantīnopolis, from en grc Κωνσταντινούπολις City of Constantine, after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Constantinople.wav Southern England
en /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/ GA
en əʊpəl 5
en Con stan ti no ple
Proper noun
en Q16869en historical en The former name, from 330–1930 , of Istanbul, the <<largest city>> in <<c/Turkey>> ; the <<former capital>> of the <<empire/Ottoman Empire>> and of the <<empire/Byzantine Empire>> before that Istanbul Byzantine Empire.
Synonyms
en Istanbul Turkish, modern
en Byzantium ancient Greek
en Micklegarth modernised English from Old Norse
en Tsargrad Old Slavic, Russian
Related terms
en Constantinopolitan
Descendants
bn কনস্টান্টিনোপল 1
ja コンスタンティノープル Konsutantinōpuru 1
Translations
Q16869 name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Afrikaans: af Konstantinopel n
Albanian: sq Konstantinopoja f definite
Arabic: ar الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة f
Armenian: hy Կոստանդնուպոլիս, hy Պոլիս, hy Կ. Պոլիս
Old Armenian: xcl Կոստանդնուպօլիս
Azerbaijani: az Konstantinopol, az Qüstəntiniyyə
Basque: eu Konstantinopolis
Belarusian: be Канстанціно́паль m, be Канстантыно́паль m Taraškievica, be Царгра́д m Russian
Bengali: bn কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া
Breton: br Kergustentin
Bulgarian: bg Константино́пол m, bg Царигра́д m
Burmese: my ကွန်စတန်တီနိုပိုလိစ်
Catalan: ca Constantinoble
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 君士坦丁堡 Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo, cmn 堅定城
Coptic: cop ⲕⲱⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ
Corsican: co Costantinopuli f
Czech: cs Konstantinopol m, cs Cařihrad m
Danish: da Konstantinopel n
Dutch: nl Constantinopel n
Esperanto: eo Konstantinopolo
Estonian: et Konstantinoopol
Faroese: fo Konstantinopolis
Finnish: fi Konstantinopoli
French: fr Constantinople m
Middle French: frm Constantinoble
Old French: fro Constantinoble
Galician: gl Constantinopla
Georgian: ka კონსტანტინოპოლი
German: de Konstantinopel n
Greek: el Κωνσταντινούπολη f
Ancient Greek: grc Κωνσταντινούπολις f
Hebrew: he קונסטנטינופול konstantinopol
Hindi: hi क़ुस्तुंतुनिया m
Hungarian: hu Konstantinápoly
Ido: io Konstantinopolo
Indonesian: id Konstantinopel
Irish: ga Cathair Chonstaintín f
Old Irish: sga Constantinopoil f
Italian: it Costantinopoli f
Japanese: ja コンスタンティノープル Konsutantinōpuru, ja コンスタンティノポリス Konsutantinoporisu
Kazakh: kk Константинополь
Korean: ko ^콘스탄티노폴리스
Kyrgyz: ky Константинополь
Ladino: lad Kosta
Latin: la Constantinopolis f
Latvian: lv Konstantinopole f
Lithuanian: lt Konstantinopoliu f
Low German: nds Konstantinopel
Macedonian: mk Константинопол m, mk Цариград m
Malay: ms Konstantaniah, ms Kustantiniyah
Malayalam: ml കോണ്സ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിള്
Maltese: mt Kostantinopli
Middle English: enm Constantinople
Neapolitan: nap Custantenobbule
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Konstantinopel n
Occitan: oc Constantinòple
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Цѣсарьградъ m, cu Цьсарьградъ m, cu Цѣсар҄ь Градъ m
Old East Slavic: orv Цѣсарьгородъ m, orv Цьсарьгородъ m
Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Constantinopla
Old Norse: non Miklagarðr
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls قُسْطَنْطَنِیَّه
Dari: prs قُسْطَنْطَنِیَّه
Iranian Persian: fa-ira قُسْطَنْطَنِیِّه
Polish: pl Konstantynopol m
Portuguese: pt Constantinopla f
Romanian: ro Constantinopol f, ro Țarigrad f
Russian: ru Константино́поль m, ru Царьгра́д m
Sardinian: sc Costantinòpoli f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Константинопољ m, sh Константинопол m, sh Цариград m
Latin: sh Konstantinopolj m, sh Konstantinòpol m, sh Carigrad m
Sicilian: scn Costantinòpuli f
Slovak: sk Konštantínopol m, sk Carihrad m
Slovene: sl Konstantinopel m, sl Carigrad m
Spanish: es Constantinopla f
Swedish: sv Konstantinopel n
Tagalog: tl Konstantinopla
Tajik: tg Константинопол, tg Қустантиния
Thai: th คอนสแตนติโนเปิล
Turkish: tr Konstantinopolis, tr Kostantiniye
Ottoman Turkish: ota قسطنطینیه Kostantiniyye
Turkmen: tk Konstantinopol
Ukrainian: uk Константино́поль m, uk Ца́ргород m, uk Царегра́д m
Urdu: ur قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ m
Uyghur: ug كونىستانتىنوپول
Uzbek: uz Konstantinopol, uz Qustantiniya
Vietnamese: vi Kiên Định Thành (堅定城) obsolete
Welsh: cy Caergystennin
References
en eponyms
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :bor la-lat:Cōnstantīnopolis
Ultimately from fr la-lat Cōnstantīnopolis, from fr grc Κωνσταντινούπολις.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Constantinople.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>)
Proper noun
m
fr Constantinople Q16869
fr Byzance<q:pre-Constantine> ; Istamboul<q:Ottoman> ; Istanbul<q:Turkey>
Derived terms
fr constantinopolitain
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Constantinoble Constantinopole Constantinopolis Constantynoble Constantynople
Etymology
enm :bor la-lat:Cōnstantīnopolis
Ultimately from enm la-lat Cōnstantīnopolis, from enm grc Κωνσταντινούπολις.
Proper noun
enm Constantinople Q16869 1
enm SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105 c. 1300 Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.
Descendants
en Constantinople <alt:Constantinopolis> 1