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Is·tan·bul (is′tan bo̵ol′, -tän-; -bo̵̅o̅l′; Turk is täm′bo̵̅o̅l)

seaport in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: pop. 8,260,000: former name Constantinople; ancient name Byzantium

Etymology: altered < ModGr 's ten poli < Gr eis tēn polin, lit., into the city

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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