Царгород

Ukrainian

Etymology

From цар (car, “emperor”) + город (horod, “city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sarɦɔrɔd]

Proper noun

Ца́ргород • (Cárhorod) m inan (genitive Ца́ргорода, uncountable, relational adjective ца́ргородський)

  1. (obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)

Declension
Declension of Ца́ргород (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Ца́ргород
Cárhorod
genitive Ца́ргорода
Cárhoroda
dative Ца́ргороду
Cárhorodu
accusative Ца́ргород
Cárhorod
instrumental Ца́ргородом
Cárhorodom
locative Ца́ргороду, Ца́ргороді
Cárhorodu, Cárhorodi
vocative Ца́ргороде
Cárhorode

Synonyms

References
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