Carigrad

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From cȁr (emperor) + grȃd (city), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, the city of the emperor).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sǎriɡraːd/
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧grad

Proper noun

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Càrigrād m (Cyrillic spelling Ца̀ригра̄д)

  1. (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul (the largest city in Turkey)
    Synonym: (modern) Ìstanbul

Declension

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Quotations

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