noun
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Byzantine Empire, ↑Eastern Roman Empire
• Member Meronyms: ↑Byzantine
2. a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
• Syn: ↑Byzantine Empire, ↑Eastern Roman Empire
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Roman Empire
• Member Meronyms: ↑Byzantine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.