Myklagard
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr, from mikill (“big, great”) + garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”. Compare mykjen, mykle- and gard.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Myklagard m (historical)
- Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)
- Synonyms: (historical) Konstantinopel, Istanbul
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk semi-learned borrowings from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk historical terms
- nn:Istanbul
- nn:Cities in Turkey
- nn:Places in Turkey
- nn:Ancient settlements
- nn:Historical capitals