alypius wrote:
> >Tom Wier scripsit:
> >
> >> Wouldn't the Turkish name <Istanbul> more likely come from Greek
> >> <Konstantinopolis> rather than Latin?
>
> Istanbul if from a Greek expression that means "to the city."
I think John Cowan has already said that that etymology is a false one.
> Afterall, Latin made practicly
> >> no inroads in the more developed eastern end of the Empire.
>
> Well, don't forget about Roman-ia, "land of the Romans," and cradle of one
> of the 6 modern Romance languages. (Can anyone name all 6?) ~alypius
There are a great many more than six; 46 by the Ethnologue's count.
<http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/families/subfamily/Indo-European/Italic/Romance>
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