Istambul

See also: İstambul and Istambuł

English

Proper noun

Istambul

Obsolete form of Istanbul.

Galician

Proper noun

Istambul

Istanbul (the largest city and province of Turkey)
Synonyms: (historical) Bizancio, (historical) Constantinopla

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Istanbul, Estambul (dated)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ⁧استانبول⁩ (İstanbul) (Turkish İstanbul) from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɐ̃ˈbuw/ [is.tɐ̃ˈbuʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɐ̃ˈbuw/ [iʃ.tɐ̃ˈbuʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɐ̃ˈbul/ [iʃ.tɐ̃ˈbuɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɐ̃ˈbu.li/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
Hyphenation: Is‧tam‧bul

Proper noun

Istambul

Istanbul (the largest city and province of Turkey)
Synonyms: (historical) Bizâncio, (historical) Constantinopla

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