Istanbul
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪstænˈbʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
- A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
- A province in Turkey
Synonyms
[edit]- Byzantium, Byzantion, Constantinople (all historical)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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See also
[edit]- Ankara, second largest city and capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul m
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul m inan (related adjective istanbulský, demonym Istanbulan)
- Istanbul (a city in Turkey)
- Synonyms: (former name before 330 CE) Byzantion, (used especially in a historical context) Cařihrad, (former name, 330-1930 CE) Konstantinopol
- Istanbul (a province in Turkey)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbulu |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulem |
Further reading
[edit]- “Istanbul”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Istanbul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Turkish İstanbul, corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul n
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).
Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Istanbul |
Accusative | Istanbul |
Dative | Istanbuli |
Genitive | Istanbuls |
Synonyms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Istanbul (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Istanbul | — | |
genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Istanbul | — | |
accusative | nom. | Istanbul | — |
gen. | Istanbulin | ||
genitive | Istanbulin | — | |
partitive | Istanbulia | — | |
inessive | Istanbulissa | — | |
elative | Istanbulista | — | |
illative | Istanbuliin | — | |
adessive | Istanbulilla | — | |
ablative | Istanbulilta | — | |
allative | Istanbulille | — | |
essive | Istanbulina | — | |
translative | Istanbuliksi | — | |
abessive | Istanbulitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
[edit]- istanbulilainen (“Istanbulite”)
French
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul ?
German
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul n (proper noun, genitive Istanbuls or (optionally with an article) Istanbul)
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
- Istanbul (the capital city of Turkey)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Portuguese
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[edit]Istanbul f
- Alternative spelling of Istambul
Romanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ìstanbul m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝстанбул)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Istanbul |
genitive | Istanbula |
dative | Istanbulu |
accusative | Istanbul |
vocative | Istanbule |
locative | Istanbulu |
instrumental | Istanbulom |
See also
[edit]Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ȋstanbul m inan
Inflection
[edit]Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Ístanbul | |
genitive | Ístanbula | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ístanbula | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ístanbul | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ístanbulu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ístanbulom |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul n (genitive Istanbuls)
Tausug
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Istanbul
- Misspelling of İstanbul.
- English terms borrowed from Turkish
- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Provinces of Turkey
- en:Places in Turkey
- en:Cities in Turkey
- en:Istanbul
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Istanbul
- ca:Cities in Turkey
- ca:Places in Turkey
- ca:Provinces of Turkey
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Istanbul
- cs:Cities in Turkey
- cs:Places in Turkey
- cs:Provinces of Turkey
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish terms borrowed from Turkish
- Danish terms derived from Turkish
- Danish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Istanbul
- da:Cities in Turkey
- da:Places in Turkey
- da:Provinces of Turkey
- Dutch terms borrowed from Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Istanbul
- nl:Cities in Turkey
- nl:Places in Turkey
- nl:Provinces of Turkey
- Faroese terms borrowed from Turkish
- Faroese terms derived from Turkish
- Faroese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- fo:Istanbul
- fo:Cities in Turkey
- fo:Places in Turkey
- Finnish terms derived from Turkish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/istɑnbul
- Rhymes:Finnish/istɑnbul/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Istanbul
- fi:Cities in Turkey
- fi:Places in Turkey
- fi:Provinces of Turkey
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Istanbul
- fr:Cities in Turkey
- fr:Places in Turkey
- fr:Provinces of Turkey
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Istanbul
- de:Cities in Turkey
- de:Places in Turkey
- de:Provinces of Turkey
- Maltese 3-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio links
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- mt:Istanbul
- mt:Cities in Turkey
- mt:National capitals
- mt:Places in Turkey
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Istanbul
- nb:Cities in Turkey
- nb:Places in Turkey
- nb:Provinces of Turkey
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Istanbul
- nn:Cities in Turkey
- nn:Places in Turkey
- nn:Provinces of Turkey
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Istanbul
- ro:Cities in Turkey
- ro:Places in Turkey
- ro:Provinces of Turkey
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Istanbul
- sh:Cities in Turkey
- sh:Places in Turkey
- sh:Provinces of Turkey
- Slovene 3-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- sl:Istanbul
- sl:Cities in Turkey
- sl:Places in Turkey
- sl:Provinces of Turkey
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Istanbul
- sv:Cities in Turkey
- sv:Places in Turkey
- sv:Provinces of Turkey
- Tausug terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tausug/ul
- Rhymes:Tausug/ul/3 syllables
- Tausug lemmas
- Tausug proper nouns
- Turkish non-lemma forms
- Turkish misspellings