Constantinopla
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis, “Constantine’s city”), with change of declension.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈnɔ.plɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈnɔ.plɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈnɔ.pla/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈnɔ.plɐ/
- Hyphenation: Cons‧tan‧ti‧no‧pla
Proper noun
Constantinopla f
- Constantinople (former name of Istambul)
Spanish
Proper noun
Constantinopla f
- Constantinople (present day Istanbul)
Further reading
- “Constantinopla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014