Istanbul

Alternative forms

• Stambul
• Stamboul

Etymology

The word is a bastardization of the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

Anagrams

• stub nail

Proper noun

Istanbul m

1. Istanbul

Proper noun

Istanbul m

1. Istanbul (the largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire)

Further reading

• Istanbul in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Istanbul in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. Istanbul

Etymology

From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. Istanbul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tɑ̃.bul/

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. Istanbul

Alternative forms

• Stambul (dated or archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪs.tanˌbuːl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːs-/, /-tam-/, /ˌbʊl/ (variants; with all possible combinations of these and the above)

Proper noun

Istanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)

1. Istanbul

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. Istanbul

Proper noun

Istanbul f

1. Alternative spelling of Istambul

Proper noun

Istanbul

1. Istanbul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐstanbul/
• Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul

Proper noun

Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)

1. Istanbul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈíːstambul/
• Tonal orthography: ȋstanbul

Proper noun

Ístanbul m inan (genitive Ístanbula)

1. Istanbul