Stambul
noun
the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.
Stamboul
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a variation of
Stambul.
Stamboul.
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a variation of
Istanbul.
Istanbulnouna port in northwestern Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
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Mounted with authority against a technically difficult background and cannily photographed by James Wong Howe, Stamboul Quest is a mediocre vehicle for another lively performance by Myrna Loy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ori ent Express, which had come from Stamboul and Sofia, crawled across the snowy Voivodina plain.
From Time Magazine Archive
This short extract quoted in the book from his diary is sufficient evidence of an affirmative personality: As Stamboul is the native section of Constantinople, so Phanar is the Greek section of Stamboul.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mayor of Stamboul would have to produce a hookah out of his silk bloomers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Colonel inquired whether she was going straight through to England or whether she was stopping in Stamboul.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Fifty thousand electric bulbs were festooned along the streets and from the minarets of Stamboul.*
From Time Magazine Archive
“That is not mine. I did not put it there. I have never looked in that case since we left Stamboul. Indeed, indeed, it is true.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
“Ah! I may mention without indiscretion, I hope, that I noticed the colour of your dressing gown on the way from Aleppo to Stamboul. A pale mauve, I believe.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
