İstanbul — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Istanbul name Turkey's largest city, straddling both Europe and Asia, and the former capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.
Senses
İstanbul is used for these senses in English:
- 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).