Constantinople definition

känstantənōpəl
Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 CE. Previously known as Byzantium.
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Origin of constantinople

  • From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoupolis, “Constantine’s city”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I or Constantine the Great).

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Constantinople Sentence Examples

  • But his loyalty did not waver; he rejected the proposal and returned to Constantinople in 540.

  • The Venetians, who contracted for the transport of the crusaders, and whose blind doge Dandolo was first to land in Constantinople, received one-half and onefourth of the divided Greek empire for their spoils.

  • It is noted for the fine boxwood grown in the vicinity, is a port of call for Black Sea coasting steamers and carries on a considerable trade with Constantinople which might be increased were it not for the obstruction of the harbour by a bar.

  • The aristocratic Moslem families send their sons to be educated in Constantinople or Vienna.

  • The important silk industry, however, began to revive about 18go, and dairy farming is prosperous; but the condition of the vilayet is far less unsettled than that of Macedonia, owing partly to the preponderance of Moslems among the peasantry, and partly to the nearness of Constantinople, with its Western influences.

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