Istanbul
See also: İstanbul
English
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (istanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪstænˈbʊl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Istanbul
- 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).
Synonyms
- Byzantium or Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms
Translations
largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire
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Constantinople — see Constantinople
See also
- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Catalan
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪstanbul]
Synonyms
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈistanbul/, [ˈisd̥amˌb̥ul]
Proper noun
Istanbul
- Istanbul (the Turkish city at Bosporus, which was former known as Constantinople)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪs.tɑnˌbul/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Is‧tan‧bul
Faroese
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Istanbul |
| Accusative | Istanbul |
| Dative | Istanbuli |
| Genitive | Istanbuls |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈistɑnbul/, [ˈis̠t̪ɑmbul]
- Rhymes: -istɑnbul
- Syllabification(key): Is‧tan‧bul
Declension
| Inflection of Istanbul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Istanbul | — | |
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Istanbul | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Istanbul | — |
| gen. | Istanbulin | ||
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
| inessive | Istanbulissa | — | |
| elative | Istanbulista | — | |
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
| adessive | Istanbulilla | — | |
| ablative | Istanbulilta | — | |
| allative | Istanbulille | — | |
| essive | Istanbulina | — | |
| translative | Istanbuliksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Istanbulitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Istanbul (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Istanbulini | Istanbulimme |
| 2nd person | Istanbulisi | Istanbulinne |
| 3rd person | Istanbulinsa | |
German
Alternative forms
- Stambul (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪs.tamˌbuːl/, (also) /ˈiːs-/, /-tan-/, /-ˌbʊl/ (all combinations possible)
Audio (file)
Maltese
Etymology
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Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐstanbul/
- Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul
Declension
Declension of Istanbul
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbula |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulom |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /íːstanbul/
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ístanbul | |
| genitive | Ístanbula | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom | |
Related terms
- Ístanbulčan / Ístanbulčanka
- ístanbulski
Tausug
Turkish
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