Stamboul
name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Istanbul (a city in Turkey). archaic
"If you have a fancy for anything in that line, away with you, sir, to the bazaars of Stamboul without delay, and lay out in extensive slave-purchases some of that spare cash you seem at a loss to spend satisfactorily here."
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More examples"If you have a fancy for anything in that line, away with you, sir, to the bazaars of Stamboul without delay, and lay out in extensive slave-purchases some of that spare cash you seem at a loss to spend satisfactorily here."
Etymology
From variant forms of Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), q.v. Compare Scandaroon for Iskenderun.