BYZANTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Byzantium mean? 

• BYZANTIUM (noun)
  The noun BYZANTIUM has 2 senses:

1. an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital

2. a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

  Familiarity information: BYZANTIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYZANTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Byzantium"):

Byzantine (a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire)

Holonyms ("Byzantium" is a part of...):

Byzantine Empire; Byzantium; Eastern Roman Empire (a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Byzantine Empire; Byzantium; Eastern Roman Empire

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Byzantium"):

Byzantium (an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital)

Meronyms (members of "Byzantium"):

Byzantine (a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire)

Holonyms ("Byzantium" is a part of...):

Roman Empire (an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome)