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The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul (lemmy.world)
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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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[โ€“] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's Miklagard (old Norse name for the city)

"Gard"means wall/fence and is incidentally where you get gorod in Russian/Slavic languages I think.

[โ€“] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Also where you get "yard" in English