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Correction:
Istanbul is equivalent to the Vatican/Rome, and the Hagia Sophia the equivalent of the Sistine Chapel.
Below is the etymology of the name of the city:
Turk. name of Constantinople, a corruption of Gk. phrase eis tan (ten) polin "into the city," which is how the local Gk. population referred to it. Picked up in Turkish 16c., though Turk. folk etymology traces the name to Islam bol "plenty of Islam." Gk. polis "city" has been adopted into Turk. as a place-name suffix as -bolu.
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