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 (synset 109064260)
    is an instance of: city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
    has:
    • bosporus bridge - a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul
    • hagia sofia, hagia sophia, santa sofia, santa sophia - a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century
    • chalcedon, kadikoy - a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
    is a part of: republic of turkey, turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
    same as: constantinople, stamboul, stambul

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