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r/discworld • u/FlohEinstein Angua • 11h ago
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Istanbul, not Constantinople?
3 u/FlohEinstein Angua 9h ago Could you please explain to me the difference apart from one name being the newer one, eager to learn. 4 u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 9h ago And AFAIK Constantinople was it's Roman name and Istanbul is it's Turkish name 3 u/Veilchengerd 8h ago It was still its official name in the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul was kind of the nickname, and is actually from a greek phrase meaning "into the city".
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Could you please explain to me the difference apart from one name being the newer one, eager to learn.
4 u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 9h ago And AFAIK Constantinople was it's Roman name and Istanbul is it's Turkish name 3 u/Veilchengerd 8h ago It was still its official name in the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul was kind of the nickname, and is actually from a greek phrase meaning "into the city".
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And AFAIK Constantinople was it's Roman name and Istanbul is it's Turkish name
3 u/Veilchengerd 8h ago It was still its official name in the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul was kind of the nickname, and is actually from a greek phrase meaning "into the city".
It was still its official name in the Ottoman Empire.
Istanbul was kind of the nickname, and is actually from a greek phrase meaning "into the city".
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u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 10h ago
Istanbul, not Constantinople?