Mycklegaard

Danish

Alternative forms

Meglegård, Miklegård, Miklagård

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”). From a popular ballad collection "200 Viser om Konger, Kæmper og andre" (1787 or 1695) or its earlier version from 1591.

Proper noun

Mycklegaard m (archaic, poetical)

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

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