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Stamboul

Stamboul proper noun: synonym of Istanbul (a city in Turkey).

Proper noun

Stamboul

  1. (archaic) Synonym of Istanbul (a city in Turkey).
    • If you have a fancy for anything in that line, away with you, sir, to the bazaars of Stamboul without delay, and lay out in extensive slave-purchases some of that spare cash you seem at a loss to spend satisfactorily here.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XXIV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
    • The place is crowded with people all the time, and as the gay-colored Eastern fabrics are lavishly displayed before every shop, the great Bazaar of Stamboul is one of the sights that are worth seeing.1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC, page 367
    Synonyms:
    Istanbul

Synonyms of Stamboul

Forms of Stamboul

alternative formStambul

Origin of Stamboul

From variant forms of Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), q.v. Compare Scandaroon for Iskenderun.

Questions about Stamboul

What does Stamboul mean?
Stamboul means synonym of Istanbul (a city in Turkey).
What part of speech is Stamboul?
Stamboul is a proper noun.

Words near Stamboul in the dictionary

  1. Stamblers
  2. Stambolian
  3. Stambolians
  4. stambomycin
  5. stambomycins
  6. Stamboul
  7. stambouline
  8. stamboulines
  9. stame
  10. stamen
  11. stamenate

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