Constantinople

== English == === Alternative forms === Constantinopolis Konstantinoupolis === Etymology === From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/ Rhymes: -əʊpəl Hyphenation: Con‧stan‧ti‧no‧ple === Proper noun === Constantinople (historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that. ==== Synonyms ==== Istanbul (Turkish, modern) Byzantium (ancient Greek) Micklegarth (modernised English from Old Norse) Tsargrad (Old Slavic, Russian) ==== Related terms ==== Constantinopolitan ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl/ === Proper noun === Constantinople m (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that) Synonyms: (pre-Constantine) Byzance; (Ottoman) Istamboul; (Turkey) Istanbul ==== Derived terms ==== constantinopolitain == Middle English == === Alternative forms === Constantinoble, Constantinopole, Constantinopolis, Constantynoble, Constantynople === Etymology === Ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis). === Proper noun === Constantinople Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that) ==== Descendants ==== English: Constantinople