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Istanbul
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Istanbul İstanbul
English
Alternative forms
en İstanbul rare
en Stambul
en Stamboul
Etymology
en :bor tr:İstanbul 1
From en tr İstanbul, from en ota استانبول İstanbul, a corruption of en gkm εἰς τὴν Πόλιν to the City, which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Pronunciation
en /ɪ.stænˈbʊl/ [ˌɪ.stæmˈbʊɫ] RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Istanbul.wav Southern England
en /ˈɪ.stɑːn.bʊl/ [ˈɪ.stɑːmˌbʊɫ] GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Istanbul.wav US
en /ɪsˈtɑːn.bʊl/ [ɪsˈt̪äːm.bʊl] Indic
Proper noun
en Q406A 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).
en Ivan Watson Loud, anarchic, quirky: My love affair with Istanbul w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/istanbul-ivan-watson 2014-07-21 Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220081747/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/istanbul-ivan-watson
en province in c/Turkey.
Synonyms
en Byzantium, Byzantion, Constantinople all historical
Derived terms
en Istanbulite
Translations
largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire
Abkhaz: ab Сҭампыл, ab Асҭампыл
Acehnese: ace Éseutamu
Afrikaans: af Istanboel, af Istanbul
Albanian: sq Stamboll m
Amharic: am ኢስታንቡል
Arabic: ar إِسْطَنْبُول f, ar إِسْتَنْبُول f, ar إستانبول f
Egyptian Arabic: arz استانبول
Hijazi Arabic: acw إسطنبول f ʔisṭanbūl
Aramaic: arc ܐܝܼܣܛܵܢܒܘܼܠ f Īsṭānbūl, arc ܩܘܼܣܛܲܢܛܝܼܢܘܼܦܘܿܠܝܼܣ f Qusṭanṭīnūpōlīs, arc ܒܘܼܙܲܢܛܝܘܿܢ f Būzanṭyōn
Armenian: hy Ստամբուլ, hy Պոլիս
Avar: av Истамбул, av Стамбул
Azerbaijani: az İstanbul
Arabic: az ایستانبول
Cyrillic: az Истанбул
Basque: eu Istanbul
Belarusian: be Стамбу́л m
Bengali: bn ইস্তাম্বুল
Bulgarian: bg Истанбу́л m, bg Царигра́д m, bg Константино́пол m
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Істанбу́л m
Catalan: ca Istanbul
Chechen: ce Истмала
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊斯坦布爾 Yīsītǎnbù'ěr mainland China, cmn 伊斯坦堡 Yīsītǎnbǎo Taiwan
Chuvash: cv Стамбул
Corsican: co Istanbul
Crimean Tatar: crh İstanbul
Czech: cs Istanbul m, cs Cařihrad m
Danish: da Istanbul
Dutch: nl Istanboel n
Esperanto: eo Istanbulo
Estonian: et Istanbul
Extremaduran: ext Estambul
Faroese: fo Istanbul, fo Miklagarður m historical
Finnish: fi Istanbul Turkey; fi Konstantinopoli Ottoman Empire
French: fr Istanbul m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Istanbûl
Gagauz: gag İstanbul
Galician: gl Istambul
Georgian: ka სტამბოლი
German: de Istanbul n
Bavarian: bar Istanbul
Greek: el Κωνσταντινούπολη f, el Πόλη f
Ancient Greek: grc Κωνσταντινούπολις f, grc Λύγος m
Gujarati: gu ઇસ્તંબૂલ n
Hausa: ha Santambul
Hebrew: he אִיסְטַנְבּוּל f istanbul
Hindi: hi इस्तांबुल m
Hungarian: hu Isztambul
Icelandic: is Istanbúl f, is Mikligarður m
Indonesian: id Istambul
Irish: ga Iostanbúl m
Italian: it Istambul historical, it Istanbul, it Stambul historical
Japanese: ja イスタンブール Isutanbūru
Javanese: jv Istambul, jv Stambul
Kabyle: kab Istambul
Kazakh: kk Ыстамбұл, kk Стамбұл
Korean: ko ^이스탄불
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئەستەمبوڵ
Northern Kurdish: kmr Stembol, kmr Stenbol
Kyrgyz: ky Стамбул, ky Ыстанбул
Ladino: lad Estanbol
Lak: lbe Истамбул
Latin: la Bȳzantium n, la Cōnstantīnopolis f
Latvian: lv Stambula
Laz: lzz ისტანბოლი, lzz მპოლი
Lithuanian: lt Stambulas
Macedonian: mk Истанбул m, mk Цариград m, mk Константино́пол m
Malay: ms Istanbul, ms Setambul dated
Maltese: mt Istanbul
Marathi: mr इस्तांबुल
Mingrelian: xmf სტამბოლი
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Стамбул
Moroccan Amazigh: zgh ⵉⵙⵟⴰⵏⴱⵓⵍ Isṭanbul
Navajo: nv Ałchʼįʼ Nááʼáhá
Nepali: ne इस्तानबुल
Norman: nrf Coustantinobles
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Istanbul
Nynorsk: nn Istanbul
Occitan: oc Istambol
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Цѣсар҄ь Градъ m, cu Стамбоулъ m, cu Кѡнстантїнополь f, cu Вѷꙁантїи f
Glagolitic: cu Ⱌⱑⱄⰰⱃⱐ Ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏ m, cu Ⱄⱅⰰⰿⰱⱆⰾⱏ m, cu Ⰽⱉⱀⱄⱅⰰⱀⱅⰻⱀⱁⱂⱁⰾⱐ m, cu Ⰲⱛⰸⰰⱀⱅⰻⰹ f
Old English: ang Constantinopolis
Old Norse: non Miklagarðr
Pashto: ps استانبول m istānbūl
Persian:
Dari: prs اِسْتَانْبُول
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِسْتانْبول
Polish: pl Stambuł m, pl Istambuł m
Portuguese: pt Istambul
Romanian: ro Istanbul, ro Stambul m, ro Țarigrad
Russian: ru Стамбу́л m, historical ru Царьгра́д m, ru Константино́поль m
Samogitian: sgs Stanbols
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Истанбул m, sh Цариград m, sh Константинопољ m
Latin: sh Istanbul m, sh Carigrad m, sh Konstantinopolj m
Slovak: sk Carihrad m, sk Istanbul m, historically sk Konštantínopol m, historically sk Konštantinopol m
Slovene: sl Ístanbul m, sl Carigrad m
Somali: so Istanbuul
Spanish: es Estambul m
Swedish: sv Istanbul, sv Konstantinopel
Tamil: ta இசுதான்புல்
Tatar: tt Истанбул
Thai: th อิสตันบูล
Turkish: tr İstanbul
Ottoman Turkish: ota استانبول İstanbul
Turkmen: tk Stambul
Ukrainian: uk Стамбу́л m
Urdu: ur اِسْتَن٘بول m istaṉbol
Uyghur: ug ئىستانبۇل
Uzbek: uz Istanbul
Vietnamese: vi Tân La Mã
Welsh: cy Istanbwl
Yakut: sah Истанбул
Yiddish: yi סטאַמבול n, yi איסטאַנבול n
Zazaki: zza Estanbol Southern, zza İstambol Southern
Constantinople
See also
en Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams
en abilnstu stub nail
en Cities in Turkey Istanbul
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca city c/Turkey Istanbul
ca province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in istanbulský Istanbulan
cs city c/Turkey Istanbul
cs Byzantion<q:former name before 330 CE> Cařihrad<q:used especially in a historical context> Konstantinopol<q:former name, 330-1930 CE>
cs province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Declension
m.sg
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
From da tr İstanbul, from da gkm πόλις εἰς τὴν Πόλιν in the City.
Pronunciation
da /ˈistanbul/ [ˈisd̥amˌb̥ul]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da city c/Turkey Istanbul
da province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Dutch
nl:
Alternative forms
nl Istanboel
nl Stamboel
Etymology
Borrowed from nl tr İstanbul, corruption of nl gkm εἰς τὴν Πόλιν to the City.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɪs.tɑnˌbul/
nl Nl-Istanbul.ogg
nl Is tan bul
Proper noun
n
nl city c/Turkey Istanbul
nl province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Faroese
Etymology
From fo tr İstanbul, from the fo gkm - phrase grc εἰς τὴν Πόλιν to the City.
Proper noun
fo proper noun
fo city c/Turkey Istanbul
Declension
Istanbul Istanbul Istanbuli Istanbuls
Synonyms
fo Konstantinopolis
fo Miklagarður
Finnish
Etymology
From fi tr İstanbul.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi city c/Turkey Istanbul
fi province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Declension
Istanbul a sg 0
Derived terms
fi istanbulilainen Istanbulite
French
Pronunciation
Istamboul
Proper noun
fr city c/Turkey Istanbul
fr province in c/Turkey Istanbul
German
Alternative forms
de Stambul archaic
Pronunciation
de /ˈɪs.tamˌbuːl/ also /ˈiːs-/ /-tan-/ /-ˌbʊl/ all combinations possible
de De-Istanbul.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city c/Turkey Istanbul
de province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Derived terms
de Istanbuler
Italian
Alternative forms
it Istambul
Etymology
it :bor tr:İstanbul
it tr İstanbul.
Pronunciation
ìstambul
Proper noun
it Istanbul city c/Turkey
it Costantinopoli<q:historical> Bisanzio<q:ancient>
Related words
it stambuliota from Istanbul
Maltese
Pronunciation
mt /ɪs.tamˈbuːl/
mt LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-Istanbul.wav Gozo
mt uːl 3
Proper noun
proper noun
mt city c/Turkey Istanbul
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb city c/Turkey Istanbul
nb province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn city c/Turkey Istanbul
nn province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt proscribed pt Istambul
Usage notes
Istambul
Romanian
Proper noun
ro:
ro proper noun
ro city c/Turkey Istanbul
ro province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Serbo-Croatian
sh:
Pronunciation
Ìstanbul
sh I stan bul
Proper noun
Ìstanbul m-in
sh city c/Turkey Istanbul
sh province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Declension
Istanbul Istanbula Istanbulu Istanbul Istanbule Istanbulu Istanbulom
See also
sh Càrigrād
sh Konstantinòpolj / sh Konstantinòpol
Slovene
Pronunciation
Ȋstanbul
Proper noun
Ȋstanbul m-in
sl city c/Turkey Istanbul
sl province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Declension
Ístanbul sg
Related terms
sl Ístanbulčan / sl Ístanbulčanka
sl ístanbulski
Swedish
Proper noun
n
sv city c/Turkey Istanbul
sv province in c/Turkey Istanbul
Tausug
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
en Istanbul
Turkish
Proper noun
tr misspelling
tr İstanbul