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The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul (lemmy.world)
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Unknown source, just found it on Facebook and last trace I found is this Reddit post but it isn't marked as OC: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/gmky0e/the_difference_between_constantinople_city_of/

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Examples of this in the cities of Scotland that we can actually trace the etymologies of:

  • Perth: "Copse". Perth is in a forested area
  • Aberdeen: "Mouth of Devona's river". Devona was an old Celtic goddess, and Aberdeen actually lies between the mouths of two rivers named for her
  • Inverness: "Mouth of the roaring river". Inver- derives from the Gaelic branch of the Celtic languages, whereas Aber- comes from the Brythonic branch. It's at the mouth of the river Ness, which is one of the fastest-discharging rivers in the UK
  • Glasgow: "green hollow". "Hollow" here is in the sense of a small valley. Glasgow is one of the rainiest cities in Europe and also has a remarkably temperate climate for being at the same latitude as Moscow, so it probably was very green before it became a city