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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قسطنطینیه (Kostantiniye), from Arabic القسطنطينية, a definite relative noun from قُسْطَنْطِين (qusṭanṭīn, Constantine). Probably an ellipsis of اَلْمَدِينَة الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-madīna l-qusṭanṭīniyya, the city of Constantine).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kostantinije/, [kʰostantinijɛ]


Proper noun

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Kostantiniye

  1. Constantinople (the former name of Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey)