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Constantinople sounds way cooler tbh (lemmy.nz)

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

What's interesting is that the name "Istanbul" is still Greek.

it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin "in (or to) the city," which is how the local Greek population referred to it.