Constantinople vs Istanbul

Istanbul vs Constantinople

Constantinople and Istanbul both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Constantinople	Yes	No	No	No
Istanbul	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Constantinople and Istanbul are synonyms defined as:

Constantinople and Istanbul: 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

Other synonyms of Constantinople include Stamboul, Stambul.

Constantinople (noun)	Istanbul (noun)
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed	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
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
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

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