see|Ä°stanbul
English
wikipedia
Alternative spellings
Stambul
Stamboul

Etymology
The name Istanbul was given to the city of Constantinople when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.<br>
The word is a bastardization of the Greek phrase εἰ� η|�ην ��λι�|Π�λιν (eis t�n Pólin, "into the City"), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. The Turks ascribe the etymology of Istanbul to the phrase Islam bol ("plenty of Islam" or possibly "city of Islam"), as the Greek word for city ("pólis") has been adopted into Turkish as "-bolu".

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. Largest city and former capital of Turkey.

Synonyms
Byzantium, Constantinople

Translations

Albanian: Stamboll
Arabic: ARchar|اسط�ب��|إسط�ب�� (�is�anbūl), ARchar|است�ب�� ('istanbūl)
Armenian: Õ�Õ¿Õ¡Õ´Õ¢Õ¸Ö�Õ¬ (Bolis)
Azeri:
:Cyrillic: ���анб�л
:Persic: FAchar|ا�ستا�ب��
:Roman: Ä°stanbul
Bosnian: Istanbul#Bosnian|Istanbul m, Carigrad#Bosnian|Carigrad m, Konstantinopolj#Bosnian|Konstantinopolj m
Bulgarian: ���анб�л, Ца�иг�ад, �он��ан�инопол
Chinese: ���堡 (Yīsīt�nb�o)
Croatian: Istanbul m, Carigrad m, Konstantinopolj m
Dutch: Istanboel
Estonian: Ä°stanbul
French: Istanbul#French|Istanbul
Greek: ��ν��αν�ινο��ολι� (Konstantinoúpolis) f, η ��λι�|Π�λι� (i Pólis) f
Icelandic: Mikligarður
Italian: Istambul
Japanese: ������� (Isutambūru)
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Kurdish: KUchar|ئ��ست�����ڵ
Latvian: Stambula
Lithuanian: Stambulas
Macedonian: ���анб�л, Ца�иг�ад, �он��ан�инопол
Maltese: Istanbul#Maltese|Istanbul
Persian: FAchar|استا�ب��
Polish: Stambu�/Istambu� m
Portuguese: Istambul
Romanian: Istanbul#Romanian|Istanbul
Russian: С�амб�л (Stambúl) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ���анб�л#Serbian|���анб�л m, Ца�иг�ад#Serbian|Ца�иг�ад m, �он��ан�инопо�#Serbian|�он��ан�инопо� m
:Roman: Istanbul#Serbian|Istanbul m, Carigrad#Bosnian|Carigrad m, Konstantinopolj#Bosnian|Konstantinopolj m
Slovene: Istanbul#Slovenian|Istanbul
Spanish: Estambul m
Thai: THchar|อิส�ั��ูล (ìtdtanbūn)
Turkish: Ä°stanbul
Ukranian: С�амб�л (Stambúl)
Urdu: URchar|است�ب��, URchar|�سط�ط���

Bosnian
Proper noun
Istanbul m
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul
Synonyms
Carigrad#Bosnian|Carigrad
Konstantinopolj#Bosnian|Konstantinopolj
Category:bs:Cities

French
Proper noun
Istanbul
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul
Category:fr:Cities

Maltese
Proper noun
Istanbul
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul

Romanian
Proper noun
wikipedia|lang=ro
Istanbul
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul

Category:ro:Capital cities
Category:Romanian proper nouns

Serbian
Proper noun
Istanbul m
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul
Cyrillic spelling
���анб�л#Serbian|���анб�л
Synonyms
Carigrad#Serbian|Carigrad
Konstantinopolj#Serbian|Konstantinopolj
Category:sr:Cities

Slovene
Proper noun
Istanbul m
#Istanbul#English|Istanbul
Category:sl:Cities

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