Istanbul
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See also: İstanbul
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪstænˈbʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
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).
- A province in Turkey
Synonyms
- Byzantium, Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms
Translations
largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire
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Constantinople — see Constantinople
See also
- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul m
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul m inan (related adjective istanbulský, demonym Istanbulan)
- Istanbul (a city in Turkey)
- Synonyms: (former name before 330 CE) Byzantion, (used especially in a historical context) Cařihrad, (former name, 330-1930 CE) Konstantinopol
- Istanbul (a province in Turkey)
Declension
Declension of Istanbul (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbulu |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulem |
Further reading
- “Istanbul”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Istanbul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul n
Faroese
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Proper noun
Istanbul
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Istanbul |
| Accusative | Istanbul |
| Dative | Istanbuli |
| Genitive | Istanbuls |
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul
Declension
| Inflection of Istanbul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Istanbul | — | |
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Istanbul | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Istanbul | — |
| gen. | Istanbulin | ||
| genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
| partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
| inessive | Istanbulissa | — | |
| elative | Istanbulista | — | |
| illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
| adessive | Istanbulilla | — | |
| ablative | Istanbulilta | — | |
| allative | Istanbulille | — | |
| essive | Istanbulina | — | |
| translative | Istanbuliksi | — | |
| abessive | Istanbulitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
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Derived terms
- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul ?
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul n (proper noun, genitive Istanbuls or (optionally with an article) Istanbul)
Maltese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul
- Istanbul (the capital city of Turkey)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Istanbul
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Istanbul
Portuguese
Proper noun
Istanbul f
- Alternative spelling of Istambul
Romanian
Proper noun
Istanbul
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)
Declension
Declension of Istanbul
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbula |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulom |
See also
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ȋstanbul m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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| nominative | Ístanbul | |
| genitive | Ístanbula | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ístanbula | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom | |
Related terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Istanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)
Tausug
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Istanbul (Sulat Sūg spelling اِسْتَنْبُلْ)
Turkish
Proper noun
Istanbul
- Misspelling of İstanbul.