Constantinople
Syllables: Con·stan·ti·no·ple/ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/US/ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/
Constantinople proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
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.
Constantinople meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
Constantinople in Hindi
- name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- क़ुस्तुंतुनिया qustuntuniyā
Constantinople in Urdu
- name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ qustuntuniya
Constantinople in Bengali
- name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া kustuntuniẏa
Constantinople in Malayalam
- name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- കോണ്സ്റ്റാന്റിനോപ്പിള് kōṇsṟṟānṟinōppiḷŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- Constantinople in Tagalog
- Konstantinopla
- Constantinople in Arabic
- الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة al-qusṭanṭīniyya
- Constantinople in Malay
- Konstantaniah, Kustantiniyah
- Constantinople in Indonesian
- Konstantinopel
- Constantinople in Thai
- คอนสแตนติโนเปิล
- Constantinople in Vietnamese
- Kiên Định Thành
- Constantinople in Myanmar
- ကွန်စတန်တီနိုပိုလိစ် kwanca.tantinuipuilic
Synonyms of Constantinople
Forms of Constantinople
| alternative form | Constantinopolis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Konstantinoupolis |
Origin of Constantinople
From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, 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).
Words that rhyme with Constantinople
Questions about Constantinople
- What does Constantinople mean?
- Constantinople means 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.
- What is Constantinople in Hindi?
- Constantinople in Hindi is क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā). See Constantinople meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Constantinople?
- Constantinople is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Constantinople?
- Constantinople is pronounced /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/ (UK).
Words near Constantinople in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Constantinople (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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