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noun • the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church | ||||||||
33% | 6 | Largest city in Turkey, known as Byzantium and Constantinople in the past | ||||||
noun • large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food • a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923 • a person who does something thoughtless or annoying • flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted • an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | ||||||||
32% | 6 | Third-largest city of the later Ottoman Empire, surpassed only by Constantinople and Cairo | ||||||
noun • a city in northwestern Syria | ||||||||
City Formerly Known As Constantinople Crossword Clue
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ISTANBUL which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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ISTANBUL
Updated: October 13, 2023
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