Sublime Porte

Alternative forms

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Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  The monumental portal at the Ottoman palace where the supreme tribunals were held; became the surname of the first palace in Bursa, transferred to the even grander Topkapı palace after the capital's transfer to Istanbul (the former Byzantine imperial capital Constantinople)
 * 2)  A pars pro toto for the Ottoman sultanic court, hence for the imperial government, notably the vizierial divan and the entire empire, or a personage with a similar standing.

Synonyms

 * (pars pro toto) Istanbul

Translations

 * Danish: Den Høje Port, Porten
 * Dutch: Hoge Porte, Sublieme Porte, Verhevene Porte, Porte
 * French:
 * German:
 * Persian: باب عالی, عالی قاپو
 * Swedish: Höga porten, Porten
 * Turkish:

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1) the, Ottoman sultanic palace, court, capital and empire