Istanbul
See also: İstanbul
English
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (istanbul), 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).
Synonyms
- Byzantium or 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)
- Istanbul (a city in Turkey)
- Synonyms: (former name before 330 CE) Byzantion, (used especially in a historical context) Cařihrad, (former name, 330-1930 CE) Konstantinopol
Declension
Declension of Istanbul (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbulu |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulem |
Danish
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈistanbul/, [ˈisd̥amˌb̥ul]
Proper noun
Istanbul
- Istanbul (the Turkish city at Bosporus, which was former known as Constantinople)
Dutch
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 | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Istanbulitta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
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.)
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐstanbul/
- Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul
Declension
Declension of Istanbul
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbula |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulom |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ístanbul | |
| genitive | Ístanbula | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom | |
Related terms
- Ístanbulčan / Ístanbulčanka
- ístanbulski
Tausug
Turkish
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