(ˈ)känz|tant ə nō|pälət ə n, kən-, -n|sta-, -antə(ˌ)nō- also -lətən or -ləd.ən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin constantinopolitanus, from Constantinopolis Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453 and of Turkey from 1453-1922 (after Late Latin metropolis: metropolitanus metropolitan), from Late Greek Kōnstantinoupolis, from Kōnstantinou (gen. of Kōnstantinos Constantine I) + Greek polis city — more at police
: of, relating to, or connected with Constantinople