laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down110
arrow-up1172arrow-down1imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-210 hours 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.
What’s interesting is that Istanbul is still Greek.