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# constantinople

noun (Constantinople, a name of a city)

«constantinople» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Constantinople was the old name of the great city on the Bosphorus strait that is now called Istanbul, in Turkey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#m1)
2. It was the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and later of the Ottoman Empire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons Constantinople is where Europe meets Asia: the Roman emperor Constantine made it his capital and named it after himself. It was rich and strong for over a thousand years, with huge walls and the great church of Hagia Sophia. The Ottoman Turks captured it, and it became their capital; the name Istanbul became official much later. It was a key city on trade routes between east and west. Phrases: «the fall of Constantinople», «Byzantine Constantinople».

### Examples

- Constantinople was named after the emperor Constantine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x1)
- The city of Constantinople is now called Istanbul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x2)
- Hagia Sophia was the great church of Constantinople. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x3)
- Constantinople had enormous walls to keep out enemies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x4)
- The Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople with huge cannons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x5)
- Merchants from many lands traded in Constantinople. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x6)
- Before it was Constantinople, the town was called Byzantium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x7)
- Maximus Planudes, a learned monk of Constantinople, made a collection of about a hundred and fifty of these fables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/#x8)

### Note

Always a capital C. Say kon-stan-ti-NOH-pul. Three names, one city: Byzantium, then Constantinople, then Istanbul. Trap: Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, but the capital of Turkey today is Ankara.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: It was a city where Hebrew books such as editions of Sefer Yetzirah were printed, here one printed in 1719. In the primary lessons: In history lessons Constantinople is where Europe meets Asia: the Roman emperor Constantine made it his capital and named it after himself. It was rich and strong for over a thousand years, with huge walls and the great church of Hagia Sophia. The Ottoman Turks captured it, and it became their capital; the name Istanbul became official much later. It was a key city on trade routes between east and west. Phrases: «the fall of Constantinople», «Byzantine Constantinople».

### Examples

- A Version, Constantinople, 17 19, 8vo. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/constantinople/#x1)

### Note

Always a capital C. Say kon-stan-ti-NOH-pul. Three names, one city: Byzantium, then Constantinople, then Istanbul. Trap: Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, but the capital of Turkey today is Ankara.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «constantinople» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constantinople/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «constantinople» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/constantinople/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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