Цареград

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From цар (car, emperor) + Old Church Slavonic град (grad, city), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, the city of the emperor). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.

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Proper noun

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Царегра́д (Carehrádm inan (genitive Царегра́да, uncountable, relational adjective царегра́дський)

  1. (obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)
    • Хай живе вільна Україна [Long Live Free Ukraine]”‎[1]:
      Як у Царегра́ді, сла́вних козаче́ньків / вра́жі бусурма́ни ві́шали на гак[...]
      Jak u Carehrádi, slávnyx kozačénʹkiv / vráži busurmány víšaly na hak[...]
      When in Istanbul, glorious Cossacks / were by devilish Muslims hung on a hook[...]
    • 1968, Oles Honchar, Собор [The Cathedral]; republished Kyiv: Dnipro (publisher), 1989, →ISBN, page 132:
      Молодик у небі схожий на ті молодики, що розкидані на мечетях Цареграда...
      Molodyk u nebi sxožyj na ti molodyky, ščo rozkydani na mečetjax Carehrada...
      The waxing crescent in the sky is like the crescents scattered over Istanbul's mosques...

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