ioan
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Post by ioan on Mar 7, 2009 1:07:10 GMT -5
Its sounds better Constantinople or Tzarigrad hahaha.
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Post by meltdown711 on Mar 8, 2009 16:30:15 GMT -5
listen before 1453 it was is tin Poli In the Big City of Constantin ( Constantinople ) What happened to the ancient word for the city, to astu?
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Post by Kassandros on Mar 9, 2009 13:13:08 GMT -5
We use "asty" in other everyday words. Astynomia=police Astyko=City bus Astyfylakas=Police officer Astyfilia=The tendecy to immigrate from villages to cities ....nothing is lost dude. Everything is here within the normal evolution of the language.. Sorry...
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Post by meltdown711 on Mar 9, 2009 16:54:31 GMT -5
Looks those are developments of the katharevousa... since they are rather modern concepts.
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