Stamboul

English

Proper noun

Stamboul

  1. Dated form of Istanbul.
    • 1869, Mark Twain, the Innocents Abroad, Random House (2003), page 264
      The place is crowded with people all the time, and as the gay-colored Eastern fabrics are lavishly displayed before every shop, the great Bazaar of Stamboul is one of the sights that are worth seeing.
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