But it has also been called Istanbul for hundreds of years by the locals, and eventually Turkey switched. Istanbul is actually from Greek “to the city”, but they thought it was more Turkish than Constantinople.
I have a slight preference to calling it Roma Constantinopolitana, but I don’t know if the locals would be up for it.
It’s still called that in Greek.
But it has also been called Istanbul for hundreds of years by the locals, and eventually Turkey switched. Istanbul is actually from Greek “to the city”, but they thought it was more Turkish than Constantinople.
I have a slight preference to calling it Roma Constantinopolitana, but I don’t know if the locals would be up for it.
I appreciate your serious response and apologize for wasting your time on what was a dumb reference:
https://youtu.be/0XlO39kCQ-8
Ahhh, I thought I was missing something. Thanks for the reference. K love that song.