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Seraglio: see Istanbul Istanbul , city (1990 pop. 6,748,435), capital of Istanbul prov., NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus at its entrance into the Sea of Marmara. Its name was officially changed from Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930; before A.D. 330 it was known as Byzantium.
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seraglio, serail

1. the harem of a Muslim house or palace

2. a sultan's palace, esp in the former Turkish empire

3. the wives and concubines of a Muslim

seraglio

1. An enclosed or protected place.

2. A palace.

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