Byzans

== Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed via German Byzanz and Latin Byzantium from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [b̥yˈsanˀs] === Proper noun === Byzans (historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul) Synonyms: Konstantinopel, Istanbul (historical, by extension) Byzantium, Byzantine Empire (an ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople; in full, Byzantine Empire) Synonyms: Byzantinske Rige, Østromerske Rige