Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stambul

1 sense of stambul

Sense 1
Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")