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| Appellations of Constantinople |
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| The city of Istanbul has been known by a number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople, and Stamboul. Different names are associated with different phases of its history and with different languages. |
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| If you know of other translations, appellations of Constantinople which are not listed, please submit them to the webmaster at: abahaiglossary@gmail.com. |
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| Appellations |
Native Script |
Language |
Meaning |
Ref |
| Al-Asitana |
???????? |
Arabic |
'The Doorstep' of the Sulṭán/Government or 'The Center' of Ottoman Empire) |
1 |
| Alma Roma |
??�a ??�a, ???a?t??? ??�?, ??a ??�? |
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1 |
| Asitane |
??????, |
Persian |
'The Doorstep' of the Sulṭán/Government or 'The Center' of Ottoman Empire) |
1 |
| Augusta Antonina |
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1 |
| Báb-ı álí |
??? ?????? |
Arabic |
The Sublime Porte |
1 |
| Bolis |
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Armenian |
based on the Greek Poli(s) 'City'. |
1 |
| Bolis |
????? |
Greek |
the City |
1 |
| Byzantion |
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1 |
| Byzantium |
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1 |
| Carigrad |
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East and South Slavic |
'City of the Caesar (Emperor)' |
1 |
| Carigrad |
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Slovene |
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1 |
| City of Constantine |
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Constantinople |
1 |
| City of the Caesar |
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Carigrad, Tsarigrad |
1 |
| City of the Emperor |
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Carigrad, Tsarigrad |
1 |
| Constantinople |
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City of Constantine |
1 |
| Constantinopolis |
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Latin |
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1 |
| Deráliye |
?? ????? |
Persian |
Sublime Gate |
1 |
| Dersaadet |
?? ????? |
Persian |
Gate of Felicity |
1 |
| Dome of Islám, the |
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2
TOP |
| Eastern Rome |
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1 |
| Estambul |
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Spanish |
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1 |
| Gate of Felicity |
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Dersaadet |
1 |
| Great City of the Romans |
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Rūmiyyat al-kubra |
1 |
| Gerat City, the |
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2 |
| i Poli |
? ???? |
Modern Greek |
The City |
1 |
| Istambuł |
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Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian and Albanian |
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1 |
| Istambul |
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Portuguese |
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1 |
| Istanbul |
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1 |
| Istanbul |
???????? |
Hebrew |
Hebrew transliteration of the Turkish "Istanbul" |
1 |
| Istanbul |
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1 |
| istimbolin |
st?? ???? |
Greek |
to the city |
1 |
| istimbolin |
e?? t?? ????? |
Greek |
in the city |
1 |
| Kayser-i Zemin |
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Persian and Urdu |
Cesar ('Emperor') |
1 |
| Kōnstantinoupolis |
???sta?t????p???? |
Greek |
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1 |
| Konstantinupoli |
???sta?t????p??? |
Modern Greek |
Constantinople |
1 |
| Kostantiniyye |
????????? |
Ottoman Turkish |
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1 |
| Kostantiniyye |
??????????? |
Arabic |
al-Qusṭanṭiniyah |
1 |
| Kushta |
????? |
Hebrew |
alteration of Kostantiniyye |
1
TOP |
| Kushtandina |
????????? |
Hebrew |
Kushtandina |
1 |
| Kushtandina Rabati |
????????? ???? |
Hebrew |
Great Kushtandina |
1 |
| Lygos |
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1 |
| Miklagard |
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Old Norse |
from mikill 'big' and garðr 'city' |
1 |
| Miklagarðr |
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Old Norse |
from mikill 'big' and garðr 'city' |
1 |
| Miklagarður |
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Faroese |
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1 |
| Mikligarður |
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Icelandic |
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1 |
| Mikligarður |
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Icelandic |
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1 |
| Páyitaht |
??????, |
Persian |
The Seat of the Throne (The Persian word for Capital) |
1 |
| Queen of Cities |
?as???? t?? p??e?? |
Byzantine |
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1 |
| Roma Constantinopolitana |
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1 |
| Rūmiyyat al-kubra |
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Arabic |
'Great City of the Romans |
1 |
| Seat of the Caliphate |
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2 |
| Seat of theSultanate |
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2 |
| Stamboll |
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Albanian |
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1 |
| Stamboul |
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Russian, Polish |
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1 |
| Stamboul |
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1 |
| Stambul |
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1 |
| Sublime Gate |
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Deráliye |
1
TOP |
| Takht-e Rum |
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Persian and Urdu |
'Throne of the Romans' |
1 |
| The Center |
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of Ottoman Empire) |
1 |
| the City |
i Poli, η Πόλη |
Modern Greek |
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1 |
| the City |
hē Polis, ἡ Πόλις |
Greek |
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1 |
| The Dome of Islám |
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2 |
| The Doorstep |
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of the Sulṭán/Government |
1 |
| The Great City |
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2 |
| the New, second Rome |
? ??a, de?t??a ??�? |
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1 |
| The Sublime Porte |
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Báb-ı álí |
1 |
| The Seat of the Throne |
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Páyitaht (The Persian word for Capital) |
1 |
| Throne of the Romans |
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Takht-e Rum |
1 |
| Tsarigrad |
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East and South Slavic |
'City of the Caesar (Emperor)' |
1 |
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