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Constantinople
1. 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.
2. The proper name from 330 B.C. to 1930 A.D. of what is now Istanbul, from Greek Konstantinou polis, "Constantine's city", named for Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, whose name is derived from Latin constans, "standing firm, stable, steadfast".
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