Stambul

French Stam·boul

[stahm-bool]

noun

1. the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.

2. Istanbul.

Stambul

/ stæmˈbuːl /

noun

1. the old part of Istanbul, Turkey, south of the Golden Horn: the site of ancient Byzantium; sometimes used as a name for the whole city

Example Sentences

Pierre Stambul, activist with the Union of French Jews for Peace which supported Abudaqa's challenge in court, said she hadn't held a senior position in the group for more than twenty years.

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"You can more easily defend us at Stambul than here," said Dame Béldi; and Béldi saw that that was a word spoken in season.

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One of the Vishnievetskis squirmed on a hook in Stambul till he died there.

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Merchants of the caravanserai bought others by the thousand, to sell them afterward in the markets of Stambul and all the places of nearer Asia.

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In the days of Sultan Soliman the Magnificent there lived at Stambul a rich merchant whose name was Muhzin, who traded in jewels and precious stones.

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