Bizâncio

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion) or Latin Byzantium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Besanço. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Bizâncio f (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