Istanbul
pronunciation
How to pronounce Istanbul in British English:
UK [ˌistænˈbu:l]
How to pronounce Istanbul in American English:
US [ˌɪstænˈbul, -tɑn-, ɪˈstɑnbʊl]
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- Noun:
- the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox C
Word Origin
- Istanbul
- Turkish name of Constantinople, a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin "in (or to) the city," which is how the local Greek population referred to it. Picked up in Turkish 16c., though Turkish folk etymology traces the name to Islam bol "plenty of Islam." Greek polis "city" has been adopted into Turkish as a place-name suffix as -bolu.
Example
- 1. Mr ahmadi-nejad was attending the same summit in istanbul .
- 2. Thousands of turks protested in istanbul .
- 3. Istanbul famously straddles europe and asia .
- 4. But istanbul is the more progressive choice .
- 5. Might istanbul also have a shot ?