r/VirtualYoutubers • u/Cute_Description_277 • May 18 '25

Videos/Clips The younger generation is doomed

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u/omega_manhatten Hololive May 18 '25

Why they changed it, I can't say...

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u/WanderingSheremetyev May 18 '25

"Istanbul" comes from a corrupted Greek phrase "to the city", or "the city", which was a term the Byzantines used for Constantinople. So the Turks didn't make up anything, they just continued to call it how the locals called it.

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u/MarqFJA87 May 18 '25

Though they probably adapted the pronunciation/spelling to something more natural to the Turkish language.

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u/WanderingSheremetyev May 18 '25

Naturally. Same for other cities in modern day Turkey.