Istanbul, Constantinople

From: Nick Brooke <Nick_Brooke_at_btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:08:59 +0100

Trent asked:

> Byzantium -> Constantinople -> Istanbul. Unless the latter is a Turkic
> equivalent to Constantinople, in which case, nevermind.

Istanbul is from "eis ten polin" - the Greek for "to the City". Certainly not a formal renaming.

"Constantinople" was the "Leningrad" of its day: an old city (Byzantium, St Petersburg / Petrograd), renamed to honour the new ruler.

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