Constantinople

[kon-stan-tn-oh-puhl]

noun

1. former name of Istanbul.

Constantinople

/ ˌkɒnstæntɪˈnəʊpəl /

noun

1. the former name (330–1926) of Istanbul

Constantinople

1. A city founded by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great as capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Constantine ruled over both parts of the empire from Constantinople, which was later capital of the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople was conquered by Turkish forces in the fifteenth century.

Today, under the name of Istanbul, Constantinople is the largest city in Turkey.

Example Sentences

“One for Istanbul and one for Constantinople,” she marveled.

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You leave your home in Constantinople; by the time you return, all the signs read ISTANBUL, and there is no going back to the way things were before.

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In recognition, for the first time since the Great Schism of 1054, the Patriarch of Constantinople attended the installation of a new Bishop of Rome.

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Aside from the distant and prosperous city of Constantinople, few great urban centres dominate the landscape.

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The Monreale mosaics were meant to impress, humble and inspire the visitor who walked down the central nave, following the fashion of Constantinople, the capital of the surviving Roman empire in the east.

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