Both Uses of
Constantinople
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- He was from Constantinople, twelve miles away—so he had travelled, and seen the world—these very eyes had looked upon the county court-house—which was said to have a tin roof.†
Chpt 4 *Constantinople = capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire)
- Becky Thatcher was gone to her Constantinople home to stay with her parents during vacation—so there was no bright side to life anywhere.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire); Constantine renamed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople in the fourth century; in 1930 Turkey renamed it to Istanbul