"Constantinople" meaning in Middle English

See Constantinople in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Constantinoble [alternative], Constantinopole [alternative], Constantinopolis [alternative], Constantynoble [alternative], Constantynople [alternative]
Etymology: Ultimately from Late Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis). 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  1. Constantinople (the 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) Categories (place): Cities in Turkey, Places in Turkey, Places in the Byzantine Empire

Alternative forms

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