Miklagarðr

Old Norse

Etymology

Made up from mikill (“big, great”) +‎ garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiklaˌɡarðr/

Proper noun

Miklagarðr m

1. Byzantium, Constantinople (the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire, in modern Turkey; modern Istanbul)

Descendants

Some of descendants may be learned borrowings.

• Icelandic: Mikligarður
• Faroese: Miklagarður
• Norwegian: Myklagard, Miklagard
• Old Swedish: *Miklagarþ, *Miklagarth
  • Swedish: Myklagård, Miklagård
• Danish: Meglegård, Miklegård, Miklagård, Mycklegaard
• English: Micklegarth
• German: Michelgart