Meaning & use
Constantinople
The historical name of the city now called Istanbul, capital of the Byzantine Empire and later the Ottoman Empire.
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Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Merchants traveled great distances to trade in the markets of Constantinople.
A note on using this word
The city was renamed Istanbul in the 20th century, but Constantinople remains its standard historical name before that time.
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