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The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul (lemmy.world)
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Unknown source, just found it on Facebook and last trace I found is this Reddit post but it isn't marked as OC: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/gmky0e/the_difference_between_constantinople_city_of/

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 26 points 2 days ago

I recently learned that Istanbul is actually a Greek based mashup word for "the city"

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 27 points 2 days ago

If you look deep enough, pretty much every city's name is actually some banale description of the location or some guy who was relevant to it's founding.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I only recently learned that Budapest was originally two separate cities on opposite sides of a river named Buda and Pest.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 2 days ago

Examples of this in the cities of Scotland that we can actually trace the etymologies of:

  • Perth: "Copse". Perth is in a forested area
  • Aberdeen: "Mouth of Devona's river". Devona was an old Celtic goddess, and Aberdeen actually lies between the mouths of two rivers named for her
  • Inverness: "Mouth of the roaring river". Inver- derives from the Gaelic branch of the Celtic languages, whereas Aber- comes from the Brythonic branch. It's at the mouth of the river Ness, which is one of the fastest-discharging rivers in the UK
  • Glasgow: "green hollow". "Hollow" here is in the sense of a small valley. Glasgow is one of the rainiest cities in Europe and also has a remarkably temperate climate for being at the same latitude as Moscow, so it probably was very green before it became a city
[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The rivers here are names of colors.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Actually, it likely means "in/to/into Constantinople" (p. 240), and Constantinople itself is named after Constantine the Great.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

So is Al-Madinah (literally 'The City') in KSA.

Makes me wish I could register “the pen” as a trademark or something and start selling pens under that name. I wonder if that also makes it impossible for anyone ever find this brand online.

[-] Aachen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Technically, Al-Madinah is shortened for Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, which means The Luminous City.

So maybe you could sell 'the luminous pen' instead 🤔

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

That would also make SEO so much easier.

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