DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
istanbul
/,ɪstæn'bul/ · ɪstænbul
Istanbul has 3 syllables: is · tan · bul.
is
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tan
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bul
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noun. The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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