Mycklegaard

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally the large city). From a popular ballad collection "200 Viser om Konger, Kæmper og andre" (1787 or 1695) or its earlier version from 1591.

Proper noun

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Mycklegaard m (archaic, poetical)

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