Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Bijantion
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Bijantion
McCune–Reischauer?Pijant'ion
Yale Romanization?picanthion

Proper noun edit

비잔티온 (Bijantion)

  1. (history, Byzantine Empire) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)

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