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Ukrainian
Etymology
From цар (car, “emperor”) + Old Church Slavonic град (grad, “city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Царегра́д • (Carehrád) m inan (genitive Царегра́да, uncountable, relational adjective царегра́дський)
- (obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)
“Хай живе вільна Україна [Long Live Free Ukraine]”:Як у Царегра́ді, сла́вних козаче́ньків / вра́жі бусурма́ни ві́шали на гак[...]- Jak u Carehrádi, slávnyx kozačénʹkiv / vráži busurmány víšaly na hak[...]
- When in Istanbul, glorious Cossacks / were by devilish Muslims hung on a hook
1968, Oles Honchar, Собор [The Cathedral]; republished Kyiv: Dnipro (publisher), 1989, →ISBN, page 132:Молодик у небі схожий на ті молодики, що розкидані на мечетях Цареграда...- Molodyk u nebi sxožyj na ti molodyky, ščo rozkydani na mečetjax Carehrada...
- The waxing crescent in the sky is like the crescents scattered over Istanbul's mosques...
Declension
Declension of Царегра́д (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
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