İstanbul

Meaning

1. Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
2. Istanbul (a province of Turkey)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈtɑmbuɫ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

İstanbul hasreti beni fena halde sardı.

Istanbul longing enveloped me badly.

Ama sahiden beyaz bir gemi İstanbul limanına girmeye tövbe etmiş gibiydi.

But it was as if a really white ship had repented to enter the port of Istanbul.

Dava Ekim ayında İstanbul mahkemesinde görülecek.

An Istanbul court will hear the case in October.

İstanbul Devlet Tatbiki Güzel Sanatlar Yüksek Okulu'nda seramik eğitimi gördü.

He studied ceramics at Istanbul State School of Applied Fine Arts.