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Istanbul is the biggest city in Turkey, and a great port. It sits in the north-west, right where Europe meets Asia, with water running through the middle. Ships, bridges, and a huge old city are the picture people have.
Istanbul伊斯坦堡 is是 the biggest city in Turkey土耳其最大的城市，and a great port也是重要的港口。It它 sits位在 in the north-west西北方，right where Europe meets Asia正好是歐洲和亞洲交會的地方，with water running through the middle中間還有水流過。Ships, bridges, and a huge old city船、橋、還有一座古老的大城市，are是 the picture people have人們對它的印象。
It is not the capital — that is , inland.
It它 is not不是 the capital首都——that那 is是 Ankara安卡拉, inland在內陸。
The name on the map has changed with power: the Greeks knew it as ; from 330 AD until 1923 it was , the capital of the Eastern Roman / Byzantine world, and then of the Ottomans. After the Turkish republic, Istanbul became the official name.
The name on the map地圖上的名字 has changed with power隨著政權更迭而改變：the Greeks希臘人 knew it as Byzantium稱它為拜占庭；from 330 AD until 1923從西元330年到1923年 it was Constantinople它叫做君士坦丁堡，the capital of the Eastern Roman / Byzantine world是東羅馬／拜占庭世界的首都，and then of the Ottomans後來也是鄂圖曼帝國的首都。After the Turkish republic土耳其共和國成立後，Istanbul伊斯坦堡 became成為 the official name正式的名字。
People still say in history class. In travel talk, Istanbul is the city you fly to.
People人們 in history class在歷史課上 still say還是會說 Constantinople君士坦丁堡。In travel talk在旅遊用語裡，Istanbul伊斯坦堡 is是 the city you fly to你會搭飛機去的那座城市。
組成From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish. Local Greeks used to say εἰς τὴν Πόλιν — “to the City” — because Constantinople was the city, and that phrase was worn down into İstanbul.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Istanbulname/ɪ.stænˈbʊl/
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A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
- Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war.
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A province in Turkey.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。