Carigrad

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Càrigrād m (Cyrillic spelling Ца̀ригра̄д)

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

Declension
Declension of Carigrad
singular
nominative Carigrad
genitive Carigrada
dative Carigradu
accusative Carigrad
vocative Carigrade
locative Carigradu
instrumental Carigradom

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Carigrad.
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