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To: Jan_Sobieski

That’s funny, because Istanbul will be renamed Constantinople again.


3 posted on 06/09/2026 10:22:00 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: OpusatFR

Someone in a prominent position should say this from time to time.


8 posted on 06/09/2026 10:41:05 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: OpusatFR

Tangent: any Greek scholars out there? There are countless ancient and modern cities that have the suffix “polis,” Greek for “city.” Persepolis, Heliopolis, Neapolis , Indianapolis, Minneapolis, etc, etc. Yet in English we us “ople ” for Constantinople. Anyone know why?


10 posted on 06/09/2026 10:55:54 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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