Miklagarðr

Old Norse

Etymology

Made up from mikill (“big, great”) +‎ garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiklaˌɡarðr/

Proper noun

Miklagarðr m

Byzantium, Constantinople (the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire, in modern Turkey; modern Istanbul)

Descendants

Some of descendants may be learned borrowings.

Icelandic: Mikligarður
Faroese: Miklagarður
Norwegian: Myklagard, Miklagard
Old Swedish: *Miklagarþ, *Miklagarth
- Swedish: Myklagård, Miklagård
Danish: Meglegård, Miklegård, Miklagård, Mycklegaard
English: Micklegarth
German: Michelgart

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