Stamboul (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- Constantine the Great built Stamboul in the early fourth century to replace the city of Byzantium as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- Ottoman forces brought the Byzantine Empire to an end by conquering Stamboul in 1453.
- Eastern Orthodox theologians often make pilgrimages to Stamboul due to its historical significance to the faith.
- Scholars still travel to Stamboul to examine the remnants of the old walls built around the city by Theodosius II in the fifth century.
- Ancient traders passed through the marketplace of Stamboul while navigating the profitable spice trade route between Europe and the East.