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constantinople

/ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
Con-stan-ti-no-ple
IPA
/ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Constantinople, Cōnstantīnopolis, Κωνσταντινούπολις

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/
  • British English: /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnəʊ.pəl/

Inflected Forms

Constantinopolis (alternative) Konstantinoupolis (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Constantinopolitan

Synonyms

Istanbul Byzantium Micklegarth Tsargrad first council of constantinople second council of constantinople third council of constantinople fourth council of constantinople

Rhymes With

opal kopel koeppel topel kloeppel nopal

Questions

How do you pronounce constantinople?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑn.stæn.tɪˈnoʊ.pəl/.
What does constantinople mean?
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.
Where does constantinople come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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