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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr, from mikill (“big, great”) + garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”. Compare mykjen, mykle- and gard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mʏklaɡaːr/, /²mʏkɽaɡaːɽ/
Proper noun
Myklagard m (historical)
- Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul