[stahm-bool] 
| 1. | the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn. |
| 2. | Istanbul. |
[stahm-bool; Fr. stahn-bool] . [is-tahn-bool, -tan-; is-tahn-boo
l, -tan-; Turk. is-tahm-bool] | a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923. 5,494,900. |
Largest city in Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country on both sides of the Bosporus.
Note: Formerly called Byzantium, then Constantinople, the city was the capital consecutively of the eastern branch of the Roman Empire, of the Byzantine Empire, and of the Ottoman Empire.
Note: It is the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.