"Цариград" meaning in Bulgarian

See Цариград in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈt͡sariɡrɐt] Audio: LL-Q7918 (bul)-Kiril kovachev-Цариград.wav Forms: Ца́риград [canonical, masculine], Cárigrad [romanization]
Etymology: Compounded from цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), thus imperial city. Possibly calqued after Ancient Greek Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Etymology templates: {{af|bg|цар<t:emperor>|град<t:city>}} цар (car, “emperor”) + град (grad, “city”), {{glossary|calque}} calque, {{calque|bg|grc|Βασιλέως Πόλις|notext=1|t=the city of the emperor}} Ancient Greek Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”) Head templates: {{bg-proper noun|Ца́риград|m}} Ца́риград • (Cárigrad) m
  1. (historical) Tsargrad (a historical term for Constantinople, 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) Tags: historical Categories (place): Cities in Turkey, Places in Turkey, Places in the Byzantine Empire
    Sense id: en-Цариград-bg-name-2w1i9Fyo Disambiguation of Cities in Turkey: 99 1 Disambiguation of Places in Turkey: 99 1 Disambiguation of Places in the Byzantine Empire: 99 1 Categories (other): Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Byzantine Empire, Former capitals, Istanbul Disambiguation of Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 98 2 Disambiguation of Former capitals: 100 0 Disambiguation of Istanbul: 95 5
  2. (archaic) Veliko Tarnovo Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Цариград-bg-name-hITimhOT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Истанбу́л (Istanbúl), Константино́пол (Konstantinópol), Вели́ко Тъ́рново (Velíko Tǎ́rnovo)
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