Definition of constantinople Constantinople

/kɑˌnstæntʌnowˈpʌl/ - [kanstantunowpul] - Con•stan•ti•no•ple

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What does constantinople mean?

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constantinople - the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
		Third Council of Constantinople
constantinople - the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
		Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople
		republic of turkey, turkey large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
		bosporus bridge a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
		hagia sofia, hagia sophia, santa sofia, santa sophia a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century

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constantinople
Was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires. It was reinaugurated in 324 AD from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330 AD. Its current name is Istanbul.

constantinople
A celebrated city of Turkey in Europe, the capital of the Ottoman empire. It was formerly called Byzantium, but having been rebuilt by the emperor Constantine in 328, it received his name. No city in the world has been subjected to as many numerous and celebrated sieges, yet it was only taken twice,--by the Crusaders in 1204 (held by them till 1261), and by the Turks under Mohammed II., May 29, 1453,--an event which completed the extinction of the Roman empire in the East.

Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or Πόλις, Polis) was the capital of the Roman Empire (330-395), the East Roman Empire (395-1204 and 1261-1453), the Latin Empire (1204-1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453-1922). In 1930, It was renamed Istanbul. It is a city in present day Turkey