Byzanz

Borrowed from Latin Byzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).

• IPA^(key): /byˈtsan(t)s/

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• Rhymes: -ants

Byzanz n (proper noun, genitive Byzanz' or (with an article) Byzanz)

1. Byzantium (an ancient city in modern Turkey, later known as Constantinople and now Istanbul)
2. Byzantine Empire

• Byzantinisches Reich, Oströmisches Reich, Rum (historical Turkish contexts)

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