Byzantium

[bih-zan-shee-uh m, -tee-uh m]

noun

an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara: Constantine I rebuilt it and renamed it Constantinople a.d.

Compare Istanbul.

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Examples from the Web for byzantium

His debut collection of short stories, Byzantium, takes place across thousands of years of history all over the globe.
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Byzantium by Ben Stroud A debut collection of stories that spans countries and eras with delightful ease.
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Without a doubt, Byzantium signals the arrival of an incredible talent.
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The book might be about a subject wholly unrelated to politics and economics: travel in Patagonia, the wars of Byzantium.
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For from the Ionian Gulf these barbarians plundered everything in order as far as the suburbs of Byzantium.
History of the Wars, Books I and II (of 8)|Procopius
All this furniture of Byzantium was appropriated for the use of the new capital.
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From your other orators I differ in deeming any discussion irrelevant respecting the Chersonese or Byzantium.
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Under the protection of Constantine, Christian art may be said to have come into existence in the fourth century at Byzantium.
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In that case there ought to be a like influx at the Pillars and Calpe,325 as there is at Byzantium.
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British Dictionary definitions for byzantium

Byzantium

noun

an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul

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Word Origin and History for byzantium

Byzantium

said to be named for its 7c. B.C.E. Greek founder, Byzas of Megara.