istanbul

Other forms of istanbul

plural

istanbuls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about istanbul

What does istanbul mean?

istanbul means "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".

How many syllables are in istanbul?

istanbul has 3 syllables: is-tan-bul. The stress falls on "bul". In IPA it is /ˌɪstɑnˈbul/.

What is another word for istanbul?

Close synonyms include Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is istanbul a common word?

istanbul is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with istanbul?

2 words rhyme with istanbul. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.