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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Byzantium
 拜占庭

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Byzantium
      n 1: 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
      2: a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after
         its division in 395 [syn: Byzantine Empire, Eastern
          Roman Empire]