Konstantinoupolis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).

Proper noun

Konstantinoupolis

1. Alternative form of Constantinople.
   • 1987, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 7, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN:

     By sundown the heat of the day faded and the first slow night breeze moved over the Black Sea to Konstantinoupolis, its light touch heralding the coming darkness.

   • 1999, Oğuz Tekin, Byzantine Coins, YKY, →ISBN, page 91:

     In August 1261, a month after the Latins were expelled from Konstantinoupolis, Mikhael entered the city in a magnificent procession and was crowned emperor at Hagia Sophia.

   • 2005, George Peter Matheos, Mirages Of the Rub al-Khali, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 98:

     Crusaders, who single handedly destroyed Konstantinoupolis, one of the most ancient and profound civilizations of mankind.

   • 2008, Beaudoin Caron, Eléni P. Zoïtopoúlou, “Introduction”, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, volume 1 (The Ancient Glass), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page xxi:

     From the 4^th century C.E. on, when the capital of the empire was transferred to Konstantinoupolis (then known as Byzantium, hence the term Byzantine for the Eastern Roman Empire), the influence of Roman glassmakers was felt in Persia; some may have settled there.