Istanbul

//ɪ.stænˈbʊl//

Synonyms for "istanbul" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Proper Noun(1 words)
byzantion

Strong matches (3)

Proper Noun(2 words)
byzantiumconstantinople

Related words (5)

Proper Noun(2 words)
romestamboul

Related word relations

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Related terms

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derived

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instance of

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is a

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part of

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related to

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Translations

151 translations across 104 languages.

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Abkhaz

2 entries
  • Асҭампыл name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Сҭампыл name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Acehnese

1 entries
  • Éseutamu name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Afrikaans

2 entries
  • Istanboel name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Albanian

1 entries
  • Stamboll name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ኢስታንቡል name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • Κωνσταντινούπολις name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إستانبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • إسطنبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • إِسْتَنْبُول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • إِسْطَنْبُول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܐܝܣܛܢܒܘܠ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Armenian

2 entries
  • Պոլիս name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Ստամբուլ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Avar

2 entries
  • Истамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Стамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • İstanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Истанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • ایستانبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Basque

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • Стамбу́л name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ইস্তাম্বুল name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • Истанбу́л name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Константино́пол name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Царигра́д name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • Істанбу́л name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Catalan

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئەستەمبوڵ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Chechen

1 entries
  • Истмала name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 伊斯坦堡 name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • 伊斯坦布爾 /伊斯坦布尔 name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • Истанбоулъ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Цѣсар҄ь Градъ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • Стамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Corsican

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • İstanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Czech

2 entries
  • Cařihrad name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Danish

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Dari

1 entries
  • اِسْتَانْبُول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Dutch

1 entries
  • Istanboel name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • Istanbulo name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Estonian

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • Estambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Faroese

2 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Miklagarður name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Finnish

2 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Konstantinopoli name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

French

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • İstanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Galician

1 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სტამბოლი name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

German

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Greek

2 entries
  • Κωνσταντινούπολη name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Πόλη name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઇસ્તંબૂલ name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Hausa

1 entries
  • Santambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אִיסְטַנְבּוּל name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Hindi

1 entries
  • इस्तांबुल name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • Isztambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • Istanbúl name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Mikligarður name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • اِسْتانْبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Irish

1 entries
  • Iostanbúl name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Italian

3 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Stambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Japanese

1 entries
  • イスタンブール name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Javanese

2 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Stambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • Стамбұл name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Ыстамбұл name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Korean

1 entries
  • 이스탄불 name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • Стамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Ыстанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Ladino

1 entries
  • Estanbol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Lak

1 entries
  • Истамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Latin

2 entries
  • Bȳzantium name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Cōnstantīnopolis name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Latvian

1 entries
  • Stambula name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Laz

2 entries
  • ისტანბოლი name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • მპოლი name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • Stambulas name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • Истанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Константино́пол name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Цариград name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Malay

2 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Setambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Maltese

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Marathi

1 entries
  • इस्तांबुल name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • სტამბოლი name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • Стамбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Nepali

1 entries
  • इस्तानबुल name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Norman

1 entries
  • Coustantinobles name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • Stembol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Stenbol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Occitan

1 entries
  • Istambol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Old English

1 entries
  • Constantinopolis name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • Miklagarðr name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • استانبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Pashto

1 entries
  • استانبول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Polish

2 entries
  • Istambuł name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Stambuł name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • Istambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Romanian

3 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Stambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Țarigrad name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Russian

3 entries
  • Константино́поль name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Стамбу́л name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Царьгра́д name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • Stanbols name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Carigrad name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Konstantinopolj name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Истанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Slovak

4 entries
  • Carihrad name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Konštantinopol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Konštantínopol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Slovene

2 entries
  • Carigrad name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Ístanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Somali

1 entries
  • Istanbuul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Spanish

1 entries
  • Estambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Swedish

2 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • Konstantinopel name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இசுதான்புல் name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Tatar

1 entries
  • Истанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Thai

1 entries
  • อิสตันบูล name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Turkish

1 entries
  • İstanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • Stambul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • Стамбу́л name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اِسْتَن٘بول name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئىستانبۇل name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • Istanbul name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • Tân La Mã name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Welsh

1 entries
  • Istanbwl name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • Istanbûl name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Yakut

1 entries
  • Истанбул name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • איסטאַנבול name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • סטאַמבול name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • Estanbol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)
  • İstambol name (largest city of Turkey and last capital of the Ottoman Empire)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The worst of living in Istanbul is getting stuck in the traffic.

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Kemal Tahir narrates the occupation days of Istanbul in 1920s in his book named "The People Of The Slave City".

Source: tatoeba (1324094)

The weather is very cold in Istanbul.

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He moved to Istanbul with his wife.

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