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byzantium
01
having a deep, muted shade of purple with hints of red and blue, reminiscent of the color commonly associated with the Byzantine Empire
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
proper
qualitative
ungradable
Examples
Her evening gown shimmered in a regal Byzantium hue.
Byzantium
01
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
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
proper
02
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
