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Old 08-18-2014, 05:26 PM   #20
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desertblues, if you want to look here

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stambul...ung_des_Namens

I remembered it like you, but the article in the German wikipedia about Istanbul claims that this name was already used in the 16th century.
Thank you for this info. Hm, interesting.
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