laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 30 days agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down122
arrow-up1296arrow-down1imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 30 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·30 days agoWhat’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.
minus-squareBaroqBard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoNEEEEEERD! … actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother
What’s interesting is that the name “Istanbul” is still Greek.
NEEEEEERD!
… actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother