"Byzantium" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɪˈzænti.əm/
Etymology: From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Bȳzantium}} Latin Bȳzantium, {{der|en|grc|Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον}} Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Byzantium
  1. An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, named Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul. Categories (place): Ancient settlements, Istanbul, Places in Turkey Translations (ancient Greek city): Bizant [indefinite, masculine] (Albanian), Bizanti [definite, masculine] (Albanian), Βυζάντιον (Buzántion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), بِيزَنْطَة (bīzanṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), Բյուզանդիոն (Byuzandion) (Armenian), Bizantion (Azerbaijani), Bizantzio (Basque), Віза́нтый (Vizántyj) [masculine] (Belarusian), বাইজান্টিয়াম (baijanṭiẏam) (Bengali), Византион (Vizantion) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Bizanci (Catalan), 拜占庭 (baai³ zim¹ ting⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 拜占庭 (Bàizhàntíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲃⲩⲍⲁⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ (buzantion) (Coptic), Byzantion [masculine] (Czech), Byzans [neuter] (Danish), Byzantion [neuter] (Dutch), Bizanco (Esperanto), Bütsants (Estonian), Byzantion (Finnish), Byzance [feminine] (French), Bizancio (Galician), ბიზანტია (bizanṭia) (Georgian), Byzantion [neuter] (German), Βυζάντιο (Vyzántio) [neuter] (Greek), בִּיזַנְטְיוֹן (bizantyón) [feminine] (Hebrew), बाईज़ान्टियाम (bāīzānṭiyām) [masculine] (Hindi), Bizánc (Hungarian), Byzantium (Indonesian), Biosáintiam [masculine] (Irish), Bisanzio [masculine] (Italian), ビュザンティオン (Byuzantion) (Japanese), 비잔티온 (Bijantion) (Korean), 비잔티움 (Bijantium) (Korean), Bȳzantium [neuter] (Latin), Bizantija [feminine] (Latvian), Bizantija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Byzanz (Low German), Византија (Vizantija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Византион (Vizantion) [masculine] (Macedonian), Byzantium (Malay), 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (alt: ḥlʿm /⁠hrōm⁠/) (Middle Persian), Визант (Vizant) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Bysants [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Miklagarðr [masculine] (Old Norse), Besanço (Old Portuguese), بیزانس (bizâns) (Persian), روم (rum) (Persian), بوزنطین (buzantin) (Persian), بوزنطه (buzante) (Persian), Bizancjum [neuter] (Polish), Bizâncio (Portuguese), Bizanț [neuter] (Romanian), Виза́нтий (Vizántij) [masculine] (Russian), Бѝзант [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Вѝзант [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bìzant [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Vìzant [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Byzantion [masculine] (Slovak), Bizanc [masculine] (Slovene), Bizancio [masculine] (Spanish), Byzantion [neuter] (Swedish), บิแซนเทียม (Thai), Bizantion (Turkish), Віза́нтій (Vizántij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Vizantiy (Uzbek), Bysantiwm [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Byzantium-en-name-~H1doIgQ Disambiguation of 'ancient Greek city': 99 1
  2. (historical, by extension) The Byzantine Empire. Tags: broadly, historical Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire Categories (place): Historical polities
    Sense id: en-Byzantium-en-name-VxoILL8g Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 9 82 9 Disambiguation of Historical polities: 15 66 19 Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 68 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 62 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 69 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bezant, Bezant, Byzant, Byzantine

Noun

IPA: /bɪˈzænti.əm/
Etymology: From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Bȳzantium}} Latin Bȳzantium, {{der|en|grc|Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον}} Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Byzantium (uncountable)
  1. A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Purples
    Sense id: en-Byzantium-en-noun-EAHMBbuW Disambiguation of Purples: 10 19 71

Alternative forms

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          "word": "บิแซนเทียม"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzántion), named after its legendary founder, Byzas.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantium (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "byzantium:"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tyrian purple",
          "Tyrian purple"
        ],
        [
          "palatinate purple",
          "palatinate purple"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈzænti.əm/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Byzantium"
  ],
  "word": "Byzantium"
}

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