byzantium
IPA: bʌzˈæntiʌm
Root Word: Byzantium
noun
- An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, named Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.
- (historical, by extension) The Byzantine Empire.
- (color) A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
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