Miklagård

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Danish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”),[1] from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Miklagård ? (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul

References[edit]

  1. ^ John Howard Lind (2021 January 7) “Miklagård”, in Den Store Danske (in Danish)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːklaˌɡoːrd/

Proper noun[edit]

Miklagård n (genitive Miklagårds) (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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