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Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?
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It’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
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What's interesting is that the name "Istanbul" is still Greek.
it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin "in (or to) the city," which is how the local Greek population referred to it.
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Someone should talk to TMBG about this.
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Can't go back to Constantinople.
Byzantion.
Miklagard!
I had a date in Constantinople...
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Carigrad
Stamboul
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Istanbulgaria.
Istanbulgaristan.
Ehhh naming stuff after individuals just sounds very icky to me
Tzarigrad
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🫸 Beijing
👉 Peking
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Miklagard
I like Istanbul better that Constantine-vill
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