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Istanbul - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Istanbul : (noun)
1: 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 [syn: Istanbul, Stambul,
Stamboul, Constantinople]
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