Myklagard

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Myklegard, Miklagard === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr, from mikill (“big, great”) +‎ garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”. Compare mykjen, mykle- and gard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²mʏklaɡaːr/, /²mʏkɽaɡaːɽ/ === Proper noun === Myklagard m (historical) Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul) Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul