拜占庭

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(拜占庭)
alternative forms 拜占廷

Etymology

From English Byzantine.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

拜占庭

  1. (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)
  2. short for 拜占庭帝國 (Bàizhàntíng Dìguó)

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