Byzantium

English Etymology en :bor la:Bȳzantium 1 From en la Bȳzantium, from en grc Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον, named after its legendary founder, Byzas. Pronunciation en /bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/ /baɪˈzæn.ti.əm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Byzantium.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q23725en historical en An <<ancient>> Greek <<city>> situated on the Bosporus in modern <<c/Turkey>>, renamed Constantinople in 330 Istanbul Ancient Greece Byzantine Empire. en Q12544en historical by extension en An <<ancient>> Greek <<empire>> in <<r/Southeastern Europe>> and <<r/Western Asia>>, with its capital at Constantinople Byzantine Empire + Byzantine Empire. Related terms en bezant Bezant Byzant Byzantine Translations ancient Greek city Albanian: sq Bizant m indefinite, sq Bizanti m definite Arabic: ar بِيزَنْطَة f Armenian: hy Բյուզանդիոն Azerbaijani: az Bizantion Basque: eu Bizantzio Belarusian: be Віза́нтый m Bengali: bn বাইজান্টিয়াম Bulgarian: bg Византион m Catalan: ca Bizanci Chinese: Cantonese: yue 拜占庭 baai3 zim1 ting4 Mandarin: cmn 拜占庭 Bàizhàntíng Coptic: cop ⲃⲩⲍⲁⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ Czech: cs Byzantion m Danish: da Byzans n Dutch: nl Byzantion n Esperanto: eo Bizanco Estonian: et Bütsants Finnish: fi Byzantion French: fr Byzance f Middle French: frm Byzance f Gagauz: gag Bizanţ Galician: gl Bizancio Georgian: ka ბიზანტია German: de Byzantion n Greek: el Βυζάντιο n Ancient Greek: grc Βυζάντιον n Hebrew: he בִּיזַנְטְיוֹן f bizantyón Hindi: hi बूज़ांतियोन m Hungarian: hu Bizánc Indonesian: id Byzantium Irish: ga Biosáintiam m Italian: it Bisanzio m Japanese: ja ビュザンティオン Byuzantion Korean: ko ^비잔티온, ko ^비잔티움 Latin: la Bȳzantium n Latvian: lv Bizantija f Lithuanian: lt Bizantija f Low German: nds Byzanz Macedonian: mk Византија f, mk Византион m Malay: ms Byzantium Middle English: enm Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Визант Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Bysants n Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Besanço Old Norse: non Miklagarðr m Persian: fa بیزانس bizâns, fa روم rum, fa بوزنطین buzantin, fa بوزنطه buzante Middle Persian: pal 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 hrōm Polish: pl Bizancjum n Portuguese: pt Bizâncio Romanian: ro Bizanț n Russian: ru Виза́нтий m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бѝзант m, sh Вѝзант m Latin: sh Bìzant m, sh Vìzant m Slovak: sk Byzantion m Slovene: sl Bizanc m Spanish: es Bizancio m Swedish: sv Byzantion n Thai: th บิแซนเทียม Turkish: tr Bizantion Ukrainian: uk Віза́нтій m Uzbek: uz Vizantiy Welsh: cy Bysantiwm m Byzantine Empire Noun - A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple. byzantium 702963 en eponyms en Purples Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl la Bȳzantium, from nl grc Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον. Pronunciation nl /ˌbiˈzɑn.ti.ʏm/ /ˌbiˈzɑn.tsi.ʏm/ nl Nl-Byzantium.ogg nl By zan ti um Proper noun n nl Byzantium Q23725 Derived terms nl Byzantijn Latin Alternative forms la Bȳzantion la Bīzantium medieval Etymology la Bȳzantium :bor grc:Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον + 1 Pronunciation Bȳzantium 1 Proper noun Bȳzantium<2.loc> la Byzantium Q23725 la Cōnstantīnopolis Nova Rōma Declension Bȳzantium<2.loc> Derived terms la bȳzantīnus Descendants ast Bizanciu ca Bizanci da Byzans 1 en Byzantium 1 gl Bizancio de Byzanz 1 ga Biosáint 1 it Bisanzio frm Byzance pt Bizâncio ro Bizanț Bizanțiu es Bizancio cy Bisantiwm 1 References Bȳzantĭum