04-14-2007, 11:17 PM
I'd like to know the etymological origin of the name ISTANBUL.
Ivan Perelló
[size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
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04-14-2007, 11:17 PM
I'd like to know the etymological origin of the name ISTANBUL.
Ivan Perelló [size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
04-14-2007, 11:27 PM
Istanbul derives from the Greek phrase "Eis ten Polin" (To the City). Constantinople was commonly known as the "City" during the Byzantine period. When the Ottomans conquered it, they adopted that name.
Ioannis Georganas, PhD
Secretary and Newsletter Editor The Society of Ancient Military Historians http://www.ancientmilitaryhistorians.org/
04-14-2007, 11:56 PM
So it's a Greek name anyway?! :o
Efkaristo Ioannis! Laus for you. Ivan Perelló [size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
04-15-2007, 09:19 AM
Salve Faventianvs,
The Ottomans were also originally going to call the city 'Konstaniniye' meaning 'of Constantine'. Here's a good link www.sephardicstudies.org/istanbul.html
Memmia AKA Joanne Wenlock.
Friends of Letocetum
04-15-2007, 09:37 AM
Ahhhhhh, I guess a little forgiveness is due on my part then.....not a lot, but a little :lol: :lol: :lol:
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04-15-2007, 11:10 PM
Quote:Salve Faventianvs, Thanx Memmia, Laus 4 U 2. Ivan Perelló [size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
04-16-2007, 09:18 AM
Wasn't Istanbul called Byzantion before it was re-named to Konstantinopolis by Constantine?
04-16-2007, 10:35 AM
Yes it was Byzantion in Greek and Byzantium in Latin.
Constantinus refounded it as "Nova Roma". officially celebrated in 330. After his death it was renamed to Constantinopolis in Latin , Κωνσταντινούπολις in Greek. The name remained until 1930. The origin of Istanbul has already been explained above. It came from "everyday language" where people simply called it "the city". It's because people when asked where they go just said "εἰς τὴν πόλιν (to the city)". And well, you know language in everyday use has a tendency to become more and more lazy in pronounciation over time so you'd end up with something like "is tan boli"
RESTITVTOR LIBERTATIS ET ROMANAE RELIGIONIS
DEDITICIVS MINERVAE ET MVSARVM [Micha F.]
04-16-2007, 02:30 PM
Istanbul was constantinople
Now it's istanbul, not constantinople Been a long time gone, constantinople Now it's turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in constantinople Lives in istanbul, not constantinople So if you've a date in constantinople She'll be waiting in istanbul Even old new york was once new amsterdam Why they changed it i can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to constantinople No, you can't go back to constantinople Been a long time gone, constantinople Why did constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the turks Istanbul (istanbul) Istanbul (istanbul) Even old new york was once new amsterdam Why they changed it i can't say People just liked it better that way Istanbul was constantinople Now it's istanbul, not constantinople Been a long time gone, constantinople Why did constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the turks So take me back to constantinople No, you can't go back to constantinople Been a long time gone, constantinople Why did constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the turks Istanbul
"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
a.k.a. Paul M.
04-16-2007, 05:13 PM
Hey! I heard that song on the radio last weekend!
Ivan Perelló [size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
04-16-2007, 06:24 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_( ... tantinople )
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