Istanbul
See also: İstanbul
English
Etymology
From 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪstænˈbʊl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Istanbul
- 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).
- A province in Turkey
Synonyms
- Byzantium, Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms
Translations
largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire
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Constantinople — see Constantinople
See also
- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams
Catalan
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪstanbul]
Proper noun
Istanbul m inan (related adjective istanbulský, demonym Istanbulan)
Declension
Danish
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈistanbul/, [ˈisd̥amˌb̥ul]
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Istanboel
- Stamboel
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪs.tɑnˌbul/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Is‧tan‧bul
Faroese
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Istanbul |
| Accusative | Istanbul |
| Dative | Istanbuli |
| Genitive | Istanbuls |
Synonyms
- Konstantinopolis
- Miklagarður
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈistɑnbul/, [ˈis̠tɑ̝mbul]
- Rhymes: -istɑnbul
- Syllabification(key): Is‧tan‧bul
Declension
| Inflection of Istanbul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Istanbul | — | ||
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | ||
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | ||
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Istanbul | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Istanbul | — | |
| gen. | Istanbulin | |||
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | ||
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | ||
| inessive | Istanbulissa | — | ||
| elative | Istanbulista | — | ||
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | ||
| adessive | Istanbulilla | — | ||
| ablative | Istanbulilta | — | ||
| allative | Istanbulille | — | ||
| essive | Istanbulina | — | ||
| translative | Istanbuliksi | — | ||
| abessive | Istanbulitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.tɑ̃.bul/
German
Alternative forms
- Stambul (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪs.tamˌbuːl/, (also) /ˈiːs-/, /-tan-/, /-ˌbʊl/ (all combinations possible)
Audio (file)
Maltese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪs.tamˈbuːl/
Audio (Gozo) (file)
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐstanbul/
- Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul
Proper noun
Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)
Declension
See also
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /íːstanbul/
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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| nominative | Ístanbul | |
| genitive | Ístanbula | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ístanbula | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom | |
Related terms
- Ístanbulčan / Ístanbulčanka
- ístanbulski
Swedish
Tausug
Turkish
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