Byzantium

Byzantium
/bi zan"shee euhm, -tee euhm/, 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.

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later  Constantinople , modern  Istanbul 

      ancient Greek city on the shore of the Bosporus; also, an alternative name for the Byzantine Empire, which had its capital at Constantinople. See also Istanbul.

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