NOUN
- 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
How To Use Stamboul In A Sentence
- Across the Golden Horn from Stamboul lies the Quarter called Galata -- the commercial port -- and beyond that Pera -- beautiful Pera! Miscellanea
- [from the section on Constaninople] Constantinople, called bythe Turks Stamboul or Istamboul, was originally called Byzantium .... "Milan," "Rome," and "Constantinople" ; excerpts from Appleton's European Guide Book for English-Speaking Travellers, Part II
