laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1305
arrow-up1305imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-21 month agoWhat’s interesting is that the name “Istanbul” is still Greek. it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin “in (or to) the city,” which is how the local Greek population referred to it.
minus-squareBaroqBard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoNEEEEEERD! … actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother
What’s interesting is that the name “Istanbul” is still Greek.
NEEEEEERD!
… actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother