Miklagård

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”),[1] from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.

Proper noun

Miklagård ? (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul

References
  1. John Howard Lind (2021 January 7) “Miklagård”, in Den Store Danske (in Danish)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːklaˌɡoːrd/

Proper noun

Miklagård n (genitive Miklagårds) (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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