Caergystennin

Welsh

Etymology

From caer (“fortress, citadel”) +‎ Cystennin (“Constantine”), calque of Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”).

Proper noun

Caergystennin f

1. (historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)

See also

• Bisantiwm

Mutation

Mutated forms of Caergystennin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Caergystennin	Gaergystennin	Nghaergystennin	Chaergystennin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.