Constantinople

English

Alternative forms

Constantinopolis

Etymology

From Middle English Constantinople, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “Constantine’s city”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔnstæntɪˈnəʊp(ə)l/
Rhymes: -əʊpəl

Proper noun

Constantinople

Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Constantinopolitan

Translations

Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium

Afrikaans: Konstantinopel n
Albanian: Konstantinopoja
Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة‎ (ar) f (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (hy) (Kostandnupolis), Պոլիս (Polis), Կ. Պոլիս (K. Polis)
Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis)
Azerbaijani: Konstantinopol, Qüstəntiniyyə
Basque: Konstantinopolis
Belarusian: Канстанціно́паль m (Kanstancinópalʹ), Канстантыно́паль m (Kanstantynópalʹ) (Taraškievica), Царгра́д m (Carhrád) (Russian)
Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)
Breton: Kergustentin
Bulgarian: Константино́пол m (Konstantinópol), Царигра́д m (Carigrád)
Catalan: Constantinoble
Chinese:
Mandarin: 君士坦丁堡 (zh) (Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo)
Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ (kōstantinoupolis)
Corsican: Costantinopuli f
Czech: Konstantinopol m, Cařihrad (cs) m
Danish: Konstantinopel
Dutch: Constantinopel (nl) n
Esperanto: Konstantinopolo
Estonian: Konstantinoopol
Faroese: Konstantinopolis
Finnish: Konstantinopoli (fi)
French: Constantinople (fr) m
Middle French: Constantinoble

Old French: Constantinoble
Galician: Constantinopla
Georgian: კონსტანტინოპოლი (ḳonsṭanṭinoṗoli)
German: Konstantinopel (de) n
Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη (el) f (Konstantinoúpoli)
Ancient: Κωνσταντινούπολις f (Kōnstantinoúpolis)
Hebrew: קונסטנטינופול‎ (konstantinopol)
Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया m (qustuntuniyā)
Hungarian: Konstantinápoly (hu)
Ido: Konstantinopolo
Indonesian: Konstantinopel
Irish: Cathair Chonstaintín f
Italian: Costantinopoli f
Japanese: コンスタンティノポリス (Konsutantinoporisu)
Korean: 콘스탄티노폴리스 (Konseutantinopolliseu)
Ladino: Kosta
Latin: Constantinopolis f
Low German: Konstantinopel
Macedonian: Константинопол m (Konstantinopol), Цариград m (Carigrad)
Malay: Konstantaniah, Kustantiniyah
Malayalam: കോണ്സ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിള് (kōṇsṟṟānṟinōppiḷŭ)
Middle English: Constantinople
Neapolitan: Custantenobbule
Norwegian: Konstantinopel
Occitan: Constantinòple
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Цѣсарьградъ m (Cěsarĭgradŭ), Цьсарьградъ m (Cĭsarĭgradŭ), Цѣсар҄ь Градъ m (Cěsarʹĭ Gradŭ)
Old East Slavic: Цѣсарьгородъ m (Cěsarĭgorodŭ), Цьсарьгородъ m (Cĭsarĭgorodŭ)
Old Norse: Miklagarðr
Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه‎ (Kostantiniyye)
Persian: قسطنطنیه‎ (fa) (qostantaniyye)
Polish: Konstantynopol (pl) m
Portuguese: Constantinopla (pt)
Old Portuguese: Constantinopla
Romanian: Constantinopol, Țarigrad
Russian: Константино́поль (ru) m (Konstantinópolʹ), Царьгра́д (ru) m (Carʹgrád)
Sardinian: Costantinòpoli f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Константинопољ m, Константинопол m, Цариград m

Roman: Konstantinopolj m, Konstantinòpol (sh) m, Carigrad (sh) m
Sicilian: Costantinòpuli f
Slovak: Konštantínopol m, Carihrad m
Slovene: Konstantinopel (sl) m, Carigrad m
Spanish: Constantinopla f
Swedish: Konstantinopel
Tagalog: Konstantinopla
Tajik: Константинопол (Konstantinopol)
Thai: คอนสแตนติโนเปิล
Turkish: Konstantinopolis (tr)
Ukrainian: Константино́поль m (Konstantynópolʹ), Царегра́д m (Carehrád)
Urdu: قسطنطنیہ‎ m (qustuntuniyā)
Uyghur: كونىستانتىنوپول‎ (konistantinopol)
Uzbek: Konstantinopol, Qustantiniya
Welsh: Caergystennin

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Constantinople m

Constantinople
Synonyms: (pre-Constantine) Byzance; (Ottoman) Istamboul; (Turkey) Istanbul

Derived terms

constantinopolitain

Middle English

Alternative forms

Constantinoble, Constantinopole, Constantinopolis, Constantynoble, Constantynople

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).

Proper noun

Constantinople

Constantinople
- c. 1300, SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105:
  Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

English: Constantinople

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