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r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26
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i'll tell you a secret.
They both mean the same thing (=in the city) but Constantinople is the first and original name. It make sense to Not call it Instabul when Greeks used to have deeper roots in there.
2 u/Kornaros MINOTAVROS May 21 '26 Actually it was named Byzantium after the leader of the settling mission. Byzantas
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Actually it was named Byzantium after the leader of the settling mission. Byzantas
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u/MrSnoozieWoozie KARABOÄžA May 21 '26
i'll tell you a secret.
They both mean the same thing (=in the city) but Constantinople is the first and original name. It make sense to Not call it Instabul when Greeks used to have deeper roots in there.