Context: The Greeks used to say ‘εἰς τὴν πόλιν’ (eis tin polin), which the Turks said as Is-tan-bul. The phrase meaning ‘to the city’
Context: The Greeks used to say ‘εἰς τὴν πόλιν’ (eis tin polin), which the Turks said as Is-tan-bul. The phrase meaning ‘to the city’
they honestly had a missed opportunity to loosely translate the bulgarian name tbh Tsaringrad -> Padişahşehir or Hünkârşehir (Sultran’s City)