Meanings
proper noun
alternative Constantinopolis · alternative Konstantinoupolis
- historicalThe former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
Synonyms: Istanbul, Byzantium, Micklegarth, Tsargrad
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
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Fourth Council of Constantinople
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nounthe sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
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Third Council of Constantinople
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nounthe fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
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Second Council of Constantinople
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nounthe second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
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First Council of Constantinople
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*komstaēō
- Latincōnstō
- Latincōnstāns
- LatinCōnstāns /Cōnstantius
- LatinCōnstantīnus
- Ancient GreekΚωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou)
- Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
- Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
- Koine GreekΚωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs)
- Late LatinCōnstantīnopolis
- Middle EnglishConstantinople
- EnglishConstantinople
From Middle English Constantinople, ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “City of Constantine”), after Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great).
More words from Middle English, Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις
- Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Arabic الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة
- الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة (al-qusṭanṭīniyya)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Basque Konstantinopolis
- Konstantinopolisname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Bengali কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া
- কুস্তুন্তুনিয়া (kustuntuniẏa)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Bulgarian Константино́пол, Царигра́д
- Константино́пол (Konstantinópol)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Царигра́д (Carigrád)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Catalan Constantinoble
- Constantinoblename of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Chinese Mandarin 君士坦丁堡, 堅定城 /坚定城
- 君士坦丁堡 (Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- 堅定城 /坚定城 (Jiāndìngchéng)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Czech Konstantinopol, Cařihrad
- Konstantinopolname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Cařihradname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Danish Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Dutch Constantinopel
- Constantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Esperanto Konstantinopolo
- Konstantinopoloname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Estonian Konstantinoopol
- Konstantinoopolname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Finnish Konstantinopoli
- Konstantinopoliname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
French Constantinople
- Constantinoplename of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
German Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Greek Κωνσταντινούπολη
- Κωνσταντινούπολη (Konstantinoúpoli)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Hebrew קונסטנטינופול
- קונסטנטינופול (konstantinopol)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Hindi क़ुस्तुंतुनिया
- क़ुस्तुंतुनिया (qustuntuniyā)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Hungarian Konstantinápoly
- Konstantinápolyname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Indonesian Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Irish Cathair Chonstaintín
- Cathair Chonstaintínname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Italian Costantinopoli
- Costantinopoliname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Japanese コンスタンティノープル, コンスタンティノポリス
- コンスタンティノープル (Konsutantinōpuru)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- コンスタンティノポリス (Konsutantinoporisu)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Korean 콘스탄티노폴리스
- 콘스탄티노폴리스 (Konseutantinopolliseu)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Latin Constantinopolis
- Constantinopolisname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Latvian Konstantinopole
- Konstantinopolename of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Lithuanian Konstantinopoliu
- Konstantinopoliuname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Malay Konstantaniah, Kustantiniyah
- Konstantaniahname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Kustantiniyahname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Norwegian Bokmål Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Polish Konstantynopol
- Konstantynopolname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Portuguese Constantinopla
- Constantinoplaname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Romanian Constantinopol, Țarigrad
- Constantinopolname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Țarigradname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Russian Константино́поль, Царьгра́д
- Константино́поль (Konstantinópolʹ)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Царьгра́д (Carʹgrád)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Slovak Konštantínopol, Carihrad
- Konštantínopolname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Carihradname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Spanish Constantinopla
- Constantinoplaname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Swedish Konstantinopel
- Konstantinopelname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Tagalog Konstantinopla
- Konstantinoplaname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Thai คอนสแตนติโนเปิล
- คอนสแตนติโนเปิลname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Turkish Konstantinopolis, Kostantiniye
- Konstantinopolisname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Kostantiniyename of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Ukrainian Константино́поль, Ца́ргород
- Константино́поль (Konstantynópolʹ)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Ца́ргород (Cárhorod)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
- Царегра́д (Carehrád)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Urdu قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ
- قُسْطُنْطُنِیَہ (qustuntuniya)name of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Vietnamese Kiên Định Thành
- Kiên Định Thànhname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Welsh Caergystennin
- Caergystenninname of present-day Istanbul from 330–1930 (C.E.); previously known as Byzantium
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Constantinople
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APA
Constantinople. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Constantinople
MLA
“Constantinople.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Constantinople. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Constantinople,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Constantinople.
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