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)
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)
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; Eastern Roman Empire; Byzantium
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)
