Biosáintiam

== Irish == === Alternative forms === an Bhiosáint === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder. === Proper noun === Biosáintiam m (genitive Biosáintiam, nominative plural -) (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Biosántach (“Byzantine”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Biosáintiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN