Mana Datang Nama Istanbul

Bulan April ini baca buku tentang Turki. Banyaklah disebut Istanbul. Mana datangnya nama Istanbul?

Datang dari perkataan Greek 'eis tin polin' rupanya. "eis tin polin" means "to the City."

Saya petik sebuah info dari medsos;

The word "Istanbul" comes from the Greek term (εἰς τὴv πόλιv) "eis tin polin," which means "to the City." As part of Turkey's development in the 1930s, the common name "Istanbul" became official. Before that, it was officially known as Kostantiniyye during the Ottoman era. The word comes from Greek, and both names were used until 1928, when the Latin-based Turkish language made it more common to use Istanbul. From 330 CE to 1930 CE, the city was called Byzantium and then Constantinople.

Local Greek speakers used the phrase 'eis tin polin' to refer to Constantinople, which was simply called "the City". This colloquialism gradually evolved into the modern name, which was officially adopted by Turkey in 1930.

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