CHAT: weird names,was Re: conlanging,the ultimate feminist

Tom Wier scripsit:

> Wouldn't the Turkish name <Istanbul> more likely come from Greek
> <Konstantinopolis> rather than Latin?  Afterall, Latin made practicly
> no inroads in the more developed eastern end of the Empire.
Yes, of course, a brain fart.

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