lygos Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) (quokk.au)
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Context: The Greeks used to say 'εἰς τὴν πόλιν' (eis tin polin), which the Turks said as Is-tan-bul. The phrase meaning 'to the city'

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[–] 5 points 10 months ago

they honestly had a missed opportunity to loosely translate the bulgarian name tbh Tsaringrad -> Padişahşehir or Hünkârşehir (Sultran’s City)

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