Cōnstantīnopolis — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Constantinople name The historic name of the city now known as Istanbul, capital of the Byzantine and later Ottoman Empire.
- Istanbul name Turkey's largest city, straddling both Europe and Asia, and the former capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.
Senses
Cōnstantīnopolis is used for these senses in English:
- Constantinople (historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
- Istanbul A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).