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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

↑Bosporus Bridge, ↑Hagia Sophia, ↑Hagia Sofia, ↑Santa Sophia, ↑Santa Sofia, ↑Chalcedon, ↑Kadikoy

/stahm boohl"/, n.

1. the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.

2. Istanbul.

Also, Stamboul /stahm boohl"/; Fr. /stahonn boohl"/.