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[–] 24 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

What's interesting is that the name "Istanbul" is still Greek.

it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin "in (or to) the city," which is how the local Greek population referred to it.

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