Istanbul

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Proper noun

1. A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

Synonyms

• Byzantium or Byzantion, Constantinople

Translations

• French: Istanbul
• German: Istanbul
• Italian: Istambul
• Portuguese: Istambul
• Russian: Стамбу́л
• Spanish: Estambul

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