Tsargrad

thumb|270px|Selim II with the "crown of Tsarigrad", in a 1757 illustration by [[Wallachia's Constantin Săidăcar of Mogoșoaia]] Tsargrad (or Tsarigrad, Tsargorod, Czargrad or Tzargrad) is a Slavic name for the city or land of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey), the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

== Variations == The terms Tsargrad, Tsarigrad, Tsargorod, etc. are rendered in several ways depending on the language, for instance: ; ; ; ; ; South Slavic languages: Carigrad / Tsarigrad or Цариград, depending on their alphabets; ; ; .