Miklagård

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”),[1] from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.

Proper noun

Miklagård ? (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul

References
  1. John Howard Lind (January 7, 2021), “Miklagård”, in Den Store Danske‎ (in Danish)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːklaˌɡoːrd/

Proper noun

Miklagård n (genitive Miklagårds) (historical)

  1. Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
    Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
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