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Istanbul
geographical name Is·tan·bul \ˌis-tən-ˈbül, -ˌtan-, -ˌtän-, -ˈbu̇l, ˈis-tən-ˌ, or with m for n\
Definition of ISTANBUL
city NW Turkey on the Bosporus & Sea of Marmara; ∗ of preindependence Turkey & earlier ∗ of Ottoman Empire pop 6,620,241
Variants of ISTANBUL
Is·tan·bul or formerly Con·stan·ti·no·ple \ˌkän-ˌstan-tə-ˈnō-pəl\ or ancient By·zan·ti·um \bə-ˈzan-tē-əm, -ˈzan-sh(ē-)əm\
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Rhymes with ISTANBUL
April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool, kilojoule, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, majuscule, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, ridicule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool
ISTANBUL Defined for Kids
Istanbul
geographical name Is·tan·bul \ˌi-stən-ˈbül, -ˌtän-, -ˌtan-\
Definition of ISTANBUL for Kids
city NW Turkey
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