Byzantine Empire

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Byzantine Empire

(historical) The predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital city being Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.

Synonyms

Byzantium
Eastern Roman Empire

Translations

Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Arabic: إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة بِيزَنْطِيَّة‎ f (ʾimbirāṭuriyya bīzanṭiyya)
Aragonese: Imperio Bizantín
Armenian: Բյուզանդական կայսրություն (Byuzandakan kaysrutʿyun), Բյուզանդիա (Byuzandia)
Azerbaijani: Bizans İmperiyası
Basque: Bizantziar Inperioa
Belarusian: Бізантыйская імпэрыя f (Bizantyjskaja imperyja)
Bulgarian: Византийска империя f (Vizantijska imperija)
Catalan: Imperi Bizantí
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拜占庭帝國, 拜占庭帝国 (Bàizhàntíng Dìguó)
Chuvash: Висанти империйӗ (Visanti imperijĕ), Висанти (Visanti), Тухӑҫ Рим Империне (Tuhăś Rim Imperine)
Crimean Tatar: Bizans İmperiyası, Şarq Roma İmperiyası, Rum İmperiyası
Czech: Byzantská říše f
Danish: Byzantinske Rige n, Østromerske Rige n
Dutch: Byzantijnse Keizerrijk
Esperanto: Bizanca imperio
Estonian: Bütsants
Finnish: Bysantin valtakunta (fi)
French: Empire byzantin m
Galician: Imperio bizantino m
Georgian: ბიზანტიის იმპერია (bizanṭiis imṗeria), ბიზანტია (bizanṭia), აღმოსავლეთ რომის იმპერია (aɣmosavlet romis imṗeria)
German: Byzanz (de) n; Byzantinisches Reich n; Oströmisches Reich
Greek: Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων (Vasileía Romaíon), Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία f (Vyzantiní Aftokratoría), Ανατολική Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία f (Anatolikí Romaïkí Aftokratoría)
Hebrew: האימפריה הביזנטית‎ f (ha-imperia ha-bizantit)
Hungarian: Bizánci Birodalom (hu)
Icelandic: Býsansríkið n, Austrómverska keisaradæmið n, Miklagarðsríkið n
Indonesian: Kekaisaran Romawi Timur

Irish: Impireacht Bhiosántach
Italian: Impero bizantino m
Japanese: 東ローマ帝国 (Higashi Rōma teikoku)
Kazakh: Шығыс Рим империясы (Şığıs Rïm ïmperïyası)
Korean: 비잔티움 제국 (bijantium jeguk)
Latin: Imperium Romanum Orientale n, Imperium Byzantinum n, Byzantium (la) n
Lithuanian: Bizantija f
Norwegian: Østromerriket
Persian: بیزانس‎ (bizâns)
Polish: Cesarstwo bizantyjskie n
Portuguese: Império Bizantino m
Romanian: Imperiul Bizantin
Russian: Византи́йская импе́рия (ru) f (Vizantíjskaja impérija), Византи́я (ru) (Vizantíja)
Scottish Gaelic: An t-Impireachd Bheasantian
Serbo-Croatian: Византијско царство n, Vizantijsko carstvo n, Bizantijsko carstvo n
Slovak: Byzantská ríša f
Slovene: Bizantinsko cesarstvo n
Spanish: Imperio Bizantino (es) m
Swahili: Ufalme wa Byzantini
Swedish: Bysans, Bysantinska riket
Tagalog: Silangang Imperyong Romano
Thai: จักรวรรดิไบแซนไทน์ (Chakkrawat Baisaentai)
Turkish: Bizans İmparatorluğu
Ukrainian: Візантійська імперія f (Vizantijsʹka imperija)
West Frisian: East-Romeinske Ryk
Zazaki: İmparatorina Bizansi (Southern Zazaki)

Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire

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