Byzantine Empire

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Proper noun

Byzantine Empire

1. (historical) predominantly the Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with a capital city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453

Synonyms

• Byzantium
• Eastern Roman Empire

Translations

an ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe

• Arabic: إمبراطورية بيزنطية f (’imbaraʈurīya bizanʈīya)
• Aragonese: Imperio Bizantín
• Armenian: Բյուզանդական կայսրություն (Byuzandakan kaysrutʿyun), Բյուզանդիա (Byuzandia)
• Azeri: Bizans İmperiyası
• Basque: Bizantziar Inperioa
• Belarusian: Бізантыйская імпэрыя f (Bizantyjskaja imperyja)
• Bulgarian: Византийска империя f (Vizantijska imperija)
• Catalan: Imperi Bizantí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜占庭帝国 (Bàizhàntíng dìguó)

• Chuvash: Висанти империйĕ (Visanti imperijĕ), Висанти (Visanti), Тухăç Рим Империне (Tuhăç Rim Imperine)
• Crimean Tatar: Bizans İmperiyası, Şarq Roma İmperiyası, Rum İmperiyası
• Czech: Byzantská říše f
• Danish: Østromerske Kejserdømme
• Dutch: Byzantijnse Keizerrijk
• Esperanto: Bizanca imperio
• Finnish: Bysantin valtakunta
• French: Empire byzantin m
• Galician: Imperio bizantino m
• Georgian: ბიზანტიის იმპერია (bizantiis imperia)
• German: Byzantinisches Reich n
• Greek: Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων (Vasileía Romaíon), Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία f (Vyzantiní Aftokratoría)
• Hebrew: האימפריה הביזנטית f (ha-imperia ha-bizantit)
• Hungarian: Bizánci Birodalom (hu)
• Icelandic: Býsansríkið n, Austrómverska keisaradæmið n, Miklagarðsríkið n

• Indonesian: Kekaisaran Romawi Timur
• Irish: Impireacht Bhiosántach
• Italian: Impero bizantino m
• Japanese: 東ローマ帝国 (Higashi Rōma teikoku)
• Kazakh: Шығыс Рим империясы (Şığıs Rïm ïmperïyası)
• Korean: 비잔티움 제국 (bijantium jeguk)
• Latin: Imperium Romanum Orientale n, Imperium Byzantinum n, Byzantium (la) n
• Lithuanian: Bizantija f
• Norwegian: Østromerriket
• Persian: بیزانس (bizâns)
• Polish: Cesarstwo bizantyjskie n
• Portuguese: Império Bizantino m
• Romanian: Imperiul Bizantin
• Russian: Византийская империя f (Vizantíjskaja impérija), Византи́я (ru) (Vizantíja)
• Scottish Gaelic: An t-Impireachd Bheasantian
• Serbo-Croatian: Византијско царство n, Vizantijsko carstvo n, Bizantijsko carstvo n
• Slovak: Byzantská ríša f
• Slovene: Bizantinsko cesarstvo n
• Spanish: Imperio Bizantino (es) m
• Swahili: Ufalme wa Byzantini
• Swedish: Bysans, Bysantinska riket
• Tagalog: Silangang Imperyong Romano
• Turkish: Bizans İmparatorluğu
• Ukrainian: Візантійська імперія f (Vizantijs’ka imperija)
• West Frisian: East-Romeinske Ryk
• Zazaki: İmparatorina Bizansi (Southern Zazaki)

Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire