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The incorporation of parts of articles and other particles into Greek place names was common even before the Ottoman period: Navarino for earlier Avarino, [22] Satines for Athines, etc. [23] Similar examples of modern Turkish place names derived from Greek in this fashion are İzmit, earlier İznikmit, from Greek Nicomedia, İznik from Greek ...
Indeed, many toponyms in Modern Greek now have different names than were used in by Greek-speaking communities in the past. An example is Malta, which was called Μελίτη (Melítē) and was once home to a Greek-speaking community. However, this community is gone or assimilated, and the common Modern Greek name is Μάλτα (Málta, from ...
The name İstanbul (Ottoman Turkish: استانبول; pronounced [isˈtanbuɫ] ⓘ, colloquially [ɯsˈtambuɫ]) is commonly held to derive from the Medieval Greek phrase eis tḕn Pólin (εἰς τὴν Πόλιν, pronounced [is tim ˈbolin]), literally 'to the city' [21] and is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. This ...
It applies to Istanbul, Tenedos, Imbros (in the latter cases the Greek name is actually the primary article name, because of preferential use in English); and a well-defined group of towns in northwest Greece (Xanthi etc.).
Istanbul (European side) (Greek: ... (= city of Constantine) or Βυζάντιον Vyzantion, the ancient Greek name, named after the founder of the city Vyzantas; ...
The name is believed to be of Thracian or Illyrian origin and thus predates the Ancient Greek settlement. [6] It may be derived from a Thracian or Illyrian personal name, Byzas . [ 24 ] : 352ff Ancient Greek legend refers to a legendary king Byzas as the leader of the Megarian colonists and eponymous founder of the city.
Constantinople [a] (see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires between its consecration in 330 until 1930, when it was renamed to Istanbul.
Byzantium (/ b ɪ ˈ z æ n t i ə m,-ʃ ə m /) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today. The Greek name Byzantion and its Latinization Byzantium continued to be used as a name of Constantinople sporadically and to ...