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Re:Things Unexpectedly Named After People by jiggliemon on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:35PM (#23890903)
Current Day Turkey – Used to be called Constantinople, named after Constantine. Originally named Byzantium after Byzas from Megara.
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Re:Things Unexpectedly Named After People by cookie_monsta on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:46PM (#23894502)
I think you might be talking about Istanbul
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Re:Things Unexpectedly Named After People by madcaptenor on Monday July 20, 2020 @09:44AM (#23897732)
The empire that ruled from Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire, is named after its founder, Osman I. (The modern country, Turkey, isn't named after its founder Ataturk, but rather the other way around.)

Therefore, the "Ottoman" footstool is named after a person.

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