Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun byzantium

2 senses of byzantium

Sense 1
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)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire -- (a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)