The Ottoman Empire, which began as an Anatolian beylik and became an empire through expansion, has been known historically by different names at different periods and in various languages. This page surveys the history of these names and their usage. In different languages Medieval Latin: Turchia (Turkey) or Imperium Turcicum (Turkish Empire) English: Ottoman Empire, Osmanic Empire, Osmanian Empire, Ottoman Turkey, Turkish Empire Ottoman Turkish: Devlet-i Alîye-i Osmânîye (The Sublime Ottoman State) Ottoman Turkish: Devlet-i Âlîye (The Exalted State) Ottoman Turkish: Devlet-i Ebed-Müddet (The Eternal State) Ottoman Turkish: Memâlik-i Mahrûse (The Well-Protected Domains) Ottoman Turkish: Memâlik-i Mahrûse-i Osmanîye (The Well-Protected Domains of the Ottomans) Modern Turkish: (Ottoman Empire), (Ottoman State), Osmanlı Türkiyesi (Ottoman Turkey) Azerbaijani: (Ottoman Empire), (Ottoman State) Albanian: Perandoria Osmane (occasionally but very seldom "Otomane") Arabic: Ad-Daulatu' l-ʿAliyatu' l-ʿUṯmāniyya (The Sublime Ottoman State) or Ad-Daulatu' l-ʿUṯmāniyya Aromanian: Imperiul Otoman Armenian: Օսմանյան Կայսրություն (Osmanyan Kaysroutyoun) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: (Osmansko Carstvo) / (Otomansko Carstvo) / Османлијско царство (Osmanlijsko carstvo) / Турска (Turska) / Турско царство (Tursko carstvo) Bulgarian: (Osmanska Imperia) Chinese: Lumi (魯迷) (originates from Rûm or Rumi.), or Rumu 如木 (originates from Rûm or Rumi.), or Du'erge 度爾格 (from Turkey), Tuliyesike 圖里耶斯科 (from Turkey), or Du'erke 都兒克 (from Turkey), or Du'erjia 都爾佳 (from Turkey), or Tuliya 圖里雅 (from Turkey), or Tu'erqi 土耳其 (from Turkey), or Hongke'er 烘克爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), Gongka'er 供喀爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), Hongke'er 烘克爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), or Hongga'er 紅噶爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), or Kongka'er 孔喀爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), or Kongka'er 空喀爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar), or Konggu'er 空谷爾 (from Mongolian Khungghar) Danish: Det Osmanske Rige (the Ottoman realm) , informally, Τουρκιά (Tourkiâ) German: Osmanisches Reich (or Türkisches Reich) Hungarian: Oszmán Birodalom (Osman Empire) Macedonian: Отоманска Империја (Otomanska Imperija) or Османлиска Империја (Osmanliska Imperija) Mongolian: Khungghar (derives from Ottoman word hunkār) () Polish: "Imperium Osmańskie" (the Osman Empire), "Turcja Osmańska" (Osman Turkey) unofficially "Turcja" (Turkey) Romanian: "Imperiul Otoman" (the Ottoman Empire), sometimes "Poarta Otomană" (the Ottoman Gate) Swedish: Osmanska riket (the Ottoman realm) Serbo-Croatian: Osmansko Carstvo/Osmanlijsko Carstvo (The Ottoman Empire); Tursko Carstvo (Turkish Empire) French: Empire ottoman Ukrainian: Османська Імперія (Osmans'ka Imperiya) In diplomatic circles, the Ottoman government was often referred to as the "Porte" or the "Sublime Porte," a literal translation of the Ottoman Turkish Bâb-ı Âlî, which was the only gate of Topkapı Palace open to foreigners and the location where the Sultan and his viziers greeted ambassadors. References External links Historic maps using the