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Definition of: Istanbul
(is′tan·bl′, -tän-, Turkish is·täm′·bl)
The largest city of Turkey, a port on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara: formerly Byzantium and, as Constantinople, capital of Turkey until 1923: also Stambul. Also Is′tan·boul′.
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