Carigrad
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From cȁr (“emperor”) + grȃd (“city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsǎriɡraːd/
- Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧grad
Proper noun
Càrigrād m (Cyrillic spelling Ца̀ригра̄д)
- (uncountable, dated, language of literature) Istanbul
Declension
Declension of Carigrad
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Carigrad |
| genitive | Carigrada |
| dative | Carigradu |
| accusative | Carigrad |
| vocative | Carigrade |
| locative | Carigradu |
| instrumental | Carigradom |
Synonyms
- (modern): Ìstanbul
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Carigrad.
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