byzance

Definitions of byzance
  1. 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 made it his capital
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    centre urbain, métropole, ville
    a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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