Istanbul
A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last…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).
» What I hate most about living in Istanbul is always getting stuck in traffic.
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2 sensesA 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).
Istanbul
Стамбу́лStambúl, Царьгра́дCarʹgrád, Константино́польKonstantinópolʹ
Стамбу́лStambúl
A province in Turkey.
Examples
112 sentencesWhat I hate most about living in Istanbul is always getting stuck in traffic.
I've spent a week in Istanbul.
Я провів тиждень у Стамбулі. — deniko
ruЯ неделю провёл в Стамбуле. — marafon
He moved to Istanbul two years ago.
Два роки тому він переїхав до Стамбулу. — deniko
Istanbul is a city on two continents.
ruСтамбул — город двух континентов. — Wezel
Istanbul is not a livable city anymore.
Translations
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Origin
From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of ByzantineFrom Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), 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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