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The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Unknown source, just found it on Facebook and last trace I found is this Reddit post but it isn't marked as OC: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/gmky0e/the_difference_between_constantinople_city_of/

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[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 27 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If you look deep enough, pretty much every city's name is actually some banale description of the location or some guy who was relevant to it's founding.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 3 days ago

Examples of this in the cities of Scotland that we can actually trace the etymologies of:

Perth: "Copse". Perth is in a forested area
Aberdeen: "Mouth of Devona's river". Devona was an old Celtic goddess, and Aberdeen actually lies between the mouths of two rivers named for her
Inverness: "Mouth of the roaring river". Inver- derives from the Gaelic branch of the Celtic languages, whereas Aber- comes from the Brythonic branch. It's at the mouth of the river Ness, which is one of the fastest-discharging rivers in the UK
Glasgow: "green hollow". "Hollow" here is in the sense of a small valley. Glasgow is one of the rainiest cities in Europe and also has a remarkably temperate climate for being at the same latitude as Moscow, so it probably was very green before it became a city

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I only recently learned that Budapest was originally two separate cities on opposite sides of a river named Buda and Pest.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

The rivers here are names of colors.