"Byzantium" meaning in English

See Byzantium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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, Historical polities 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)
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  2. (historical, by extension) The Byzantine Empire. Tags: broadly, historical Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire
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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
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