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伊斯坦堡

yī sī tǎn bǎo·ㄧㄙㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄠˇ

“Istanbul; largest city and chief seaport of Turkey, situated on the Bosphorus Strait; formerly known as Byzantium and later Constantinople; major commercial, industrial, political, religious, and military center; strategic gateway between Europe and Asia”

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伊

yī·ㄧ

A third-person singular pronoun, meaning "he" or "she"; a second-person singular pronoun, meaning "you"; that; a surname; an introductory particle.

斯

sī·ㄙ

This; here; thus; such; emphatic particle; phonetic character used in transliterations; archaic pronoun for 'this' or 'here'; archaic adverb for 'all'; archaic conjunction for 'then'.

坦

tǎn·ㄊㄢˇ

flat; level; smooth; open-hearted; candid; frank; self-possessed; formerly a term for son-in-law

堡

bǎo·ㄅㄠˇ

Fortress or stronghold; a fortified position; a village or small town, especially in northern China; used in transliterating foreign place names ending in -burg or -berg.

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