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By•zan•ti•um
Pronunciation: (bi-zan'shē-um, -tē-um), [key]—
n.
an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara: Constantine I rebuilt it and renamed it Constantinople a.d. 330. Cf.
Istanbul.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.