It has been suggested that the name is of Thracian origin. It may be derived from the Thracian personal name Byzas which means "he-goat".

noun 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 ...

Byzantium definition: an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara. See examples of BYZANTIUM used in a sentence.

BYZANTINE definition: 1. complicated and difficult to understand: 2. from or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium…. Learn more.

The meaning of BYZANTINE is of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium. How to use Byzantine in a sentence. Byzantine, a Word for ...

BYZANTIUM meaning: ancient city on the site of modern Istanbul, Turkey.

Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city. The name "Byzantium" is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion. The city became the center of ...

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishByzantiumBy‧zan‧ti‧um /bɪˈzæntiəm, baɪ- $ -ˈzænʃiəm/ an ancient city, centre of the Byzantine Empire.

Byzantium definition: The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 CE, and now known as Istanbul.