Byzantine Empire

Noun CEFR B2

ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)

Definitions

An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.

Equivalents

EspañolImperio bizantino

FrançaisEmpire byzantin

DeutschByzantinisches Reich Byzanz Oströmisches Reich

24 more languages

العربيةإِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة بِيزَنْطِيَّة

Azərbaycan diliBizans İmperiyası

ČeštinaByzanc Byzantská říše

ΕλληνικάΒυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία

فارسیبیزانس

SuomiBysantin valtakunta Bysantti

MagyarBizánci Birodalom

ՀայերենԲյուզանդական կայսրություն Բյուզանդիա

Bahasa IndonesiaKekaisaran Bizantium Kekaisaran Romawi Timur

ItalianoImpero bizantino

日本語ビザンツ帝国ビザンティン帝国東ローマ帝国

ქართულიაღმოსავლეთ რომის იმპერია ბიზანტია ბიზანტიის იმპერია

한국어동로마 제국 비잔티움 제국

LatinaByzantium Romania

NederlandsByzantijnse Keizerrijk

PolskiBizancjum cesarstwo bizantyjskie

PortuguêsImpério Bizantino

RomânăImperiul Bizantin

РусскийВизанти́йская импе́рия Византия Восто́чно-Ри́мская импе́рия

SvenskaBysans

ไทยจักรวรรดิไบแซนไทน์

TagalogSilangang Imperyong Romano

TürkçeBizans İmparatorluğu

УкраїнськаВізанті́йська імпе́рія Візантія

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Byzantine fault tolerance Byzantine fire Byzantine Greek Byzantine Patriarch Byzantine scale Byzantine studies

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