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byzantium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun byzantium has 2 senses
- byzantium(n = noun.location) Array - an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
- byzantium(n = noun.location) byzantine empire, eastern roman empire - a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a part of byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire
is a part of roman empire
has parts: byzantium
CIDE DICTIONARY
byzantium, prop. n.
An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks. It was later renamed Constaninople in honor of the emperor Constantine , and renamed Istanbul by the Turks, which name it still retains. [WordNet 1.5]
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