Meaning Of The Word Istanbul
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Istanbul Meaning
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Istanbul in American English
seaport in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: pop. 8,260,000 noun: a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923. 5,494,900 Istanbul in British English noun: a port in NW Turkey, on the western (European) shore of the Bosporus: the largest city in Turkey; founded in about 660 bc by Greeks; refounded by Constantine the Great in 330 ad as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; taken by the Turks in 1453 and re |
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