Constantinople

English

Alternative forms

• Constantinopolis
• Konstantinoupolis

Etymology

From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Constantinopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊpəl
• Hyphenation: Con‧stan‧ti‧no‧ple

Proper noun

Constantinople

2. (historical) 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.

Synonyms

• Istanbul
• Byzantium

Related terms

• Constantinopolitan

Translations

name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 C.E.; previously known as Byzantium

• Afrikaans: Konstantinopel n
• Albanian: Konstantinopoja
• Arabic: الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (ar) f (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)
• Armenian: Կոստանդնուպոլիս (hy) (Kostandnupolis), Պոլիս (Polis), Կ. Պոլիս (K. Polis)

  Old Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս (Kostandnupōlis)

• Azerbaijani: Konstantinopol, Qüstəntiniyyə
• Basque: Konstantinopolis
• Belarusian: Канстанціно́паль m (Kanstancinópalʹ), Канстантыно́паль m (Kanstantynópalʹ) (Taraškievica), Царгра́д m (Carhrád) (Russian)
• Bengali: কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (bn) (kustuntuniẏa)
• Breton: Kergustentin
• Bulgarian: Константино́пол m (Konstantinópol), Царигра́д m (Carigrád)
• Catalan: Constantinoble
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 君士坦丁堡 (zh) (Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo)

• Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ (kōstantinoupolis)
• Corsican: Costantinopuli f
• Czech: Konstantinopol m, Cařihrad (cs) m
• Danish: Konstantinopel
• Dutch: Constantinopel (nl) n
• Esperanto: Konstantinopolo
• Estonian: Konstantinoopol
• Faroese: Konstantinopolis
• Finnish: Konstantinopoli (fi)
• French: Constantinople (fr) m

  Middle French: Constantinoble

  Old French: Constantinoble

• Galician: Constantinopla
• Georgian: კონსტანტინოპოლი (ḳonsṭanṭinoṗoli)
• German: Konstantinopel (de) n
• Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη (el) f (Konstantinoúpoli)

  Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις f (Kōnstantinoúpolis)

• Hebrew: קונסטנטינופול (konstantinopol)
• Hindi: क़ुस्तुंतुनिया m (qustuntuniyā)
• Hungarian: Konstantinápoly (hu)
• Ido: Konstantinopolo
• Indonesian: Konstantinopel
• Irish: Cathair Chonstaintín f

  Old Irish: Constantinopoil f

• Italian: Costantinopoli (it) f
• Japanese: コンスタンティノープル (Konsutantinōpuru), コンスタンティノポリス (Konsutantinoporisu)
• Korean: 콘스탄티노폴리스 (Konseutantinopolliseu)
• Ladino: Kosta
• Latin: Constantinopolis f
• Latvian: Konstantinopole f
• Lithuanian: Konstantinopoliu f
• Low German: Konstantinopel
• Macedonian: Константинопол m (Konstantinopol), Цариград m (Carigrad)
• Malay: Konstantaniah, Kustantiniyah
• Malayalam: കോണ്സ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിള് (kōṇsṟṟānṟinōppiḷŭ)
• Middle English: Constantinople
• Neapolitan: Custantenobbule
• Norwegian: Konstantinopel
• Occitan: Constantinòple
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Цѣсарьградъ m (Cěsarĭgradŭ), Цьсарьградъ m (Cĭsarĭgradŭ), Цѣсар҄ь Градъ m (Cěsarʹĭ Gradŭ)

• Old East Slavic: Цѣсарьгородъ m (Cěsarĭgorodŭ), Цьсарьгородъ m (Cĭsarĭgorodŭ)
• Old Norse: Miklagarðr
• Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniyye)
• Persian: قسطنطنیه (fa) (qostantaniyye)
• Polish: Konstantynopol (pl) m
• Portuguese: Constantinopla (pt)

  Old Portuguese: Constantinopla

• Romanian: Constantinopol, Țarigrad
• Russian: Константино́поль (ru) m (Konstantinópolʹ), Царьгра́д (ru) m (Carʹgrád)
• Sardinian: Costantinòpoli f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Константинопољ m, Константинопол m, Цариград m

  Roman: Konstantinopolj m, Konstantinòpol (sh) m, Carigrad (sh) m

• Sicilian: Costantinòpuli f
• Slovak: Konštantínopol m, Carihrad m
• Slovene: Konstantinopel (sl) m, Carigrad m
• Spanish: Constantinopla f
• Swedish: Konstantinopel
• Tagalog: Konstantinopla
• Tajik: Константинопол (Konstantinopol)
• Thai: คอนสแตนติโนเปิล
• Turkish: Konstantinopolis (tr), Kostantiniye
• Ukrainian: Константино́поль m (Konstantynópolʹ), Ца́ргород m (Cárhorod), Царегра́д m (Carehrád)
• Urdu: قسطنطنیہ m (qustuntuniyā)
• Uyghur: كونىستانتىنوپول (konistantinopol)
• Uzbek: Konstantinopol, Qustantiniya
• Welsh: Caergystennin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃.ti.nɔpl/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Constantinople m

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)

   Synonyms: (pre-Constantine) Byzance; (Ottoman) Istamboul; (Turkey) Istanbul

Derived terms

• constantinopolitain

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Constantinoble, Constantinopole, Constantinopolis, Constantynoble, Constantynople

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).

Proper noun

Constantinople

1. 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)
   • 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