Constantinople
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Constantinopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊpəl
- Hyphenation: Con‧stan‧ti‧no‧ple
Proper noun
[edit]Constantinople
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[edit]Name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium
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[edit]From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).
Proper noun
[edit]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 quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: Constantinople
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