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NONE(无词性)The largest city of Turkey, in the northwest part of the country on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara. Founded c. ''0b.c. as Byzantium, it was renamed Constantinople in a.d. 330 by Constantine the Great, who made it the capital of the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire. The city was sacked by Crusaders in 204 and taken by the Turks in 453. Istanbul was chosen as the official name in 930. Population, 2,772,708. 伊斯坦布尔,君士坦丁堡:土耳其最大的城市,位于该国的西北部、博斯普鲁斯海峡的两岸、马尔马拉海的入口处。于公元前 ''0年建时称作拜占庭, 公元 330年由君士坦丁大帝改名为君士坦丁堡,他把它定为东罗马帝国的首都,或君士坦丁帝国。204年,该城被十字军掠夺,453年被土耳其人占领。930年,.伊斯坦布尔.被指定为官方名称。人口2,772,708