byzantium

/bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

afraid

VERB + BYZANTIUM

ship

PREP.

name

An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.

An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople; in full, Byzantine Empire.

noun

A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple.

The ship is in Byzantium.

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Ibn Abi Kabsha has become so prominent that even the King of Byzantium is afraid of him.

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