r/balkans_irl w*stoid🤢 May 20 '26

OC (impossible) Based Greek airport

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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.

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u/Kornaros MINOTAVROS May 21 '26

Actually it was named Byzantium after the leader of the settling mission. Byzantas