Istambul

See also: İstambul and Istambuł

English

Proper noun

Istambul

  1. Obsolete form of Istanbul.

Galician

Proper noun

Istambul ?

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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]
 
  • (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 ?

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