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Istanbul

Istanbul

See also: İstanbul

English

Alternative forms

  • Stambul
  • Stamboul

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

Derived terms

Synonyms

See also

  • Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.

Translations


Catalan

Proper noun

Istanbul m

  1. Istanbul

Czech

Proper noun

Istanbul m

  1. Istanbul (the largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire)

Synonyms


Danish

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. Istanbul

Faroese

Etymology

From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, to the City).

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. Istanbul

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Istanbul
Accusative Istanbul
Dative Istanbuli
Genitive Istanbuls

Synonyms


French

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. Istanbul

German

Alternative forms

  • Stambul (dated or archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪs.tanˌbuːl/
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːs-/, /-tam-/, /ˌbʊl/ (variants; with all possible combinations of these and the above)

Proper noun

Istanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)

  1. Istanbul

Maltese

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. Istanbul

Portuguese

Proper noun

Istanbul f

  1. Alternative spelling of Istambul

Romanian

Proper noun

Istanbul

  1. Istanbul

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐstanbul/
  • Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul

Proper noun

Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)

  1. Istanbul

Declension

See also


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈíːstambul/
  • Tonal orthography: ȋstanbul

Proper noun

Ístanbul m inan (genitive Ístanbula)

  1. Istanbul

Declension

Related terms

  • Ístanbulčan / Ístanbulčanka
  • ístanbulski