Konstantinopel
Danish
Etymology
Via German Konstantinopel and Latin Cōnstantīnopolis from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis), a compound of Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos, “Constantin”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔnstantiˈnoːˀpəl/, [kʰʌnsd̥antˢiˈnoˀb̥l̩]
Proper noun
Konstantinopel
- (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
German
Alternative forms
- Constantinopel (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔnstantiˈnoːpl̩/
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Proper noun
Konstantinopel n
- (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)
Swedish
Alternative forms
- Conſtantinopel (obsolete typography)
Proper noun
Konstantinopel n (genitive Konstantinopels)
- (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)