Istanbul

Reikšmė

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

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ɪstænˈbʊl/

Etimologija

From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks.

Sakiniai

Istanbul hosts more conferences than all Turkish other cities combined .

Stambulas rengia daugiau konferencijų nei visi kiti Turkijos miestai.