Bizâncio

See also: Bizancio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion) or Latin Byzantium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Besanço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈzɐ̃.si.u/ [biˈzɐ̃.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /biˈzɐ̃.sju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈzɐ̃.si.u/ [biˈzɐ̃.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /biˈzɐ̃.sju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈzɐ̃.si.o/ [biˈzɐ̃.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /biˈzɐ̃.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈzɐ̃.sju/

Proper noun

Bizâncio f

1. (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)

Related terms

• besante
• bizantino

See also

• Constantinopla
• Istambul