İstanbul

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul. === Proper noun === İstanbul Rare spelling of Istanbul. == Azerbaijani == === Proper noun === İstanbul Istanbul (the largest city and province of Turkey) ==== Declension ==== == Estonian == === Proper noun === İstanbul alternative spelling of Istanbul == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /isˈtan.buɫ/, /isˈtam.buɫ/, /ɯsˈtan.buɫ/, [is̟ˈt̟ʰan.buɫ̟̊] === Proper noun === İstanbul Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey) Istanbul (a province of Turkey) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (city): Konstantinopolis, Kostantiniye (historical) ==== Derived terms ==== İstanbullu İstanbul Boğazı === See also ===