Carigrad
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From cȁr (“emperor”) + grȃd (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Càrigrād m (Cyrillic spelling Ца̀ригра̄д)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
- Synonym: (modern) Ìstanbul
Declension
Declension of Carigrad
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Carigrad |
| genitive | Carigrada |
| dative | Carigradu |
| accusative | Carigrad |
| vocative | Carigrade |
| locative | Carigradu |
| instrumental | Carigradom |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.