Цариград

Bulgarian

Etymology

Compounded from цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city.

Proper noun

Цариград • (Carigrad) m

1. (dated) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
2. (archaic) Veliko Tarnovo

See also

• Истанбул (Istanbul)
• Константинопол (Konstantinopol)
• Велико Търново (Veliko Tǎrnovo)

Macedonian

Etymology

цар (car, “emperor”) +‎ град (grad, “city”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡saɾiɡrat]
• Hyphenation: Ца‧ри‧град

Proper noun

Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m (relational adjective цари́градски)

1. (dated) Istanbul (a city in Turkey)

Synonyms

• (modern): И́станбул m (Ístanbul)

References

• “Цариград” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ца̏р (“emperor”) + гра̑д (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sǎriɡraːd/
• Hyphenation: Ца‧ри‧град

Proper noun

Ца̀ригра̄д m (Latin spelling Càrigrād)

1. (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Цариград

	singular
nominative	Цариград
genitive	Цариграда
dative	Цариграду
accusative	Цариград
vocative	Цариграде
locative	Цариграду
instrumental	Цариградом

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.

Synonyms

• (modern): Ѝстанбул