Constantinople
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From Middle English Constantinople, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).
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Constantinople
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Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 C.E.. Previously known as Byzantium
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Constantinople m
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Middle English
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Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS..
Proper noun
Constantinople
- Constantinople
- c. 1300, SLeg.And.(Hrl 2277) 105:
- Ac seint Andreu was..heʒe ilad iwis To þe lond of Constantinople, þer as he ʒut is.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- English: Constantinople
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