Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Constantinople.
Crusaders, who single handedly destroyed Konstantinoupolis, one of the most ancient and profound civilizations of mankind.
2005, George Peter Matheos, Mirages Of the Rub al-Khali, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 983 more examples
By sundown the heat of the day faded and the first slow night breeze moved over the Black Sea to Konstantinoupolis, its light touch heralding the coming darkness.
1987, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 7, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBNIn August 1261, a month after the Latins were expelled from Konstantinoupolis, Mikhael entered the city in a magnificent procession and was crowned emperor at Hagia Sophia.
1999, Oğuz Tekin, Byzantine Coins, YKY, →ISBN, page 91From the 4ᵗʰ century C.E. on, when the capital of the empire was transferred to Konstantinoupolis (then known as Byzantium, hence the term Byzantine for the Eastern Roman Empire), the influence of Roman glassmakers was felt in Persia; some may have settled there.
2008, Beaudoin Caron, Eléni P. Zoïtopoúlou, “Introduction”, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, volume 1 (The Ancient Glass), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page xxi
Origin
- Ancient GreekΚωνσταντινούπολις
- EnglishKonstantinoupolis
From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).
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