Istanbul
See also: İstanbul
English
Alternative forms
- Stambul
- Stamboul
Etymology
The word is a bastardization of the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Proper noun
Istanbul
- 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).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
largest city of Turkey and last capital of Ottoman Empire
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See also
- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Catalan
Danish
Faroese
Etymology
From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Istanbul |
| Accusative | Istanbul |
| Dative | Istanbuli |
| Genitive | Istanbuls |
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)
Audio (file)
Maltese
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐstanbul/
- Hyphenation: I‧stan‧bul
Declension
Declension of Istanbul
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Istanbul |
| genitive | Istanbula |
| dative | Istanbulu |
| accusative | Istanbul |
| vocative | Istanbule |
| locative | Istanbulu |
| instrumental | Istanbulom |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈíːstambul/
- Tonal orthography: ȋstanbul
Declension
Declension of Ístanbul (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ístanbul |
| accusative | Ístanbul |
| genitive | Ístanbula |
| dative | Ístanbulu |
| locative | Ístanbulu |
| instrumental | Ístanbulom |
Related terms
- Ístanbulčan / Ístanbulčanka
- ístanbulski
Swedish
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