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ISTANBUL

name: tur: ISTANBUL
tur.pronunc:[i`stanbul]
greek names: Kωνσταντινoύπoλις

in european languages:
Constantinople

about: see lemma Byzantium

City of Turkey, previously capital of Byzantine and Ottoman empires.

names

-Bυζάντιoν (Byzantium. founded in 657 a.e.v. founder: Byzas)

-Nova Roma (birthday: 11th May 330 e.v. founder: Constantine I).

-Kωνσταντινoύπoλη (Constantinople) - Kostantiniye

-Istanbul