constantinopolis
/ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnɑ.pə.lɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Constantinople: (historical) 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
Example Sentences
- "About 541 he removed to Constantinopolis, where he received every mark of imperial favour both from Justinianus and Justinus the Second."
- "Thus the Roman emperor Severus had destroyed the Hellenistic city; as to the emperor Constantine, he tore down pagan monuments to rebuild Byzantium as Constantinopolis, the capital of a Christian empire."
- "Like the monuments culled from the cities and sanctuaries of the Roman world, the relics of Constantinopolis created a history for the city both through individual identity and their status as appropriated objects."
- "Nonetheless, in the fourth century, Roma began to appear in a new guise, in a whole series of official images from coins to consular diptychs, more or less twinned with her upstart “sister”, Constantinopolis."
Etymology
From Middle English Constantinopolis, from Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Constantinopolis, Cōnstantīnopolis, Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnɑ.pə.lɪs/
- British English: /ˌkɒn.stæn.tɪˈnɒ.pə.lɪs/