Constantinople

• Constantinopolis
• Konstantinoupolis

From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Constantinopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/[1]

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• Rhymes: -əʊpəl
• Hyphenation: Con‧stan‧ti‧no‧ple

Constantinople

1. Name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium.

• Istanbul
• Byzantium

• Constantinopolitan

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl/

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Constantinople m

1. Constantinople

   Synonyms: (pre-Constantine) Byzance; (Ottoman) Istamboul; (Turkey) Istanbul

• constantinopolitain

• Constantinoble, Constantinopole, Constantinopolis, Constantynoble, Constantynople

From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).

Constantinople

1. Constantinople
   • c. 1300, SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105:

     Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.

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• English: Constantinople