Byzantium

American  

[bih-zan-shee-uhm, -tee-uhm] / bɪˈzæn ʃi əm, -ti əm /

noun

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

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Byzantium British  

/ baɪ-, bɪˈzæntɪəm /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Meanwhile diplomacy provided Byzantium with the intelligence to deflect pressure from the Huns and otherwise shape the Byzantine near abroad to favor its own interests.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s thanks to this more free-breathing approach to history, including art history, that we’re getting a challenger of an exhibition like “Africa & Byzantium,” which opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Sunday.

From New York Times

“He might be from Byzantium. He’s such a nice man. He’s not that much older than your papa. When Papa gets back, maybe he and Father Drozdov can become friends.”

From Literature

I consulted Vessela Valiavitcharska, director of the Writing Center at the University of Maryland and a scholar of rhetoric, grammar and logic in Byzantium and the Slavic world.

From Washington Post

“It’s strange that the sultans kept Mount Athos, the last remnant of Byzantium, semi-independent and didn’t touch it,” he said.

From Seattle Times