laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 27 days agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down123
arrow-up1295arrow-down1imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-227 days agoWhat’s interesting is that 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-up5·26 days agoNEEEEEERD! … actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother
What’s interesting is that Istanbul is still Greek.
NEEEEEERD!
… actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother