constantinople

Noun

Synonyms: Istanbul Stambul Stamboul Constantinople Fourth Council of Constantinople Third Council of Constantinople Second Council of Constantinople First Council of Constantinople

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

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 ChurchSynonyms: Istanbul Stambul Stamboul Constantinople
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churchesSynonyms: Constantinople Fourth Council of Constantinople
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and humanSynonyms: Constantinople Third Council of Constantinople
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be hereticSynonyms: Constantinople Second Council of Constantinople
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene CreedSynonyms: Constantinople First Council of Constantinople

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Constantinople \Constantinople\ prop. n. the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; it was built on the site of ancient Byzantium, and the name was changed to Istanbul by the Turks.

Syn: Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul. [WordNet 1.5]

Note: The name change was the subject of a humorous song in the 1950's "Istanbul (not Constantinople)": Artists: The Four Lads -- peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953 -- Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon -- (C) Chappell & Co. Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' [PJC]