Definition of stamboul Stamboul

Stam•boul

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What does stamboul mean?

Noun
stamboul - 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