Miklagård

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”),[1] from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Miklagård ? (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul

References

  1. ^ John Howard Lind (7 January 2021) “Miklagård”, in Den Store Danske (in Danish)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːklaˌɡoːrd/

Proper noun

Miklagård n (genitive Miklagårds) (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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