The Byzantine Greek monks Cyril and Methodius are credited with bringing the alphabet to Russia and laying the foundations of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Byzantine
//ˈbɪzəntiːn//
Synonyms for "byzantine" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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1 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
Arabic
3 entries- بِيزَنْطِيّ adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- بِيزَنْطِيّ adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- بِيزَنْطِيّ noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Armenian
3 entries- բյուզանդական adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- բյուզանդական adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- բյուզանդացի noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Asturian
2 entries- bizantín adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantín adj (overly complex or intricate)
Belarusian
1 entries- візанты́йскі adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Catalan
4 entries- bizantí adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantí adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bizantina noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
- bizantí noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Czech
2 entries- byzantský adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Byzantinec noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Danish
4 entries- byzantinsk adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- byzantinsk adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- byzantinsk adj (overly complex or intricate)
- byzantiner noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Dutch
2 entries- Byzantijns adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Byzantijn noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Finnish
4 entries- bysanttilainen adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bysanttilainen adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bysanttilainen adj (overly complex or intricate)
- bysanttilainen noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
French
4 entries- byzantin adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- byzantin adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- byzantin adj (overly complex or intricate)
- Byzantin noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Galician
3 entries- bizantino adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantino adj (overly complex or intricate)
- bizantino noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
German
4 entries- byzantinisch adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- byzantinisch adj (overly complex or intricate)
- byzantinisch adj (of a devious usually stealthy manner)
- Byzantiner noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Greek
3 entries- βυζαντινός adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Βυζαντινή noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
- Βυζαντινός noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Hebrew
1 entries- ביזנטי adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
Hungarian
2 entries- bizánci adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizánci adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
Irish
3 entries- Biosántach adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Biosántach adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- Biosántach noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Italian
1 entries- bizantino adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Latvian
1 entries- bizantisks adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Macedonian
4 entries- Византиец adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- византиски adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- византиски adj (overly complex or intricate)
- Византиец noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Malay
1 entries- Bizantium adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- bysantinsk adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bysantinsk adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bysantinsk adj (overly complex or intricate)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bysantinsk adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Occitan
1 entries- bizantin adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Old Armenian
1 entries- հոռոմ noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Polish
4 entries- bizantyjski adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantyński adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Bizantyjczyk noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
- Bizantyjka noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Portuguese
4 entries- bizantino adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantino adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bizantino adj (overly complex or intricate)
- bizantina noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Romanian
3 entries- bizantin adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantin adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bizantin noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Russian
4 entries- византи́ец adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- византи́йский adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- византи́йский adj (overly complex or intricate)
- византи́ец noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Bizantínac adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- bizàntīnskī adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizàntīnskī adj (overly complex or intricate)
- Bizantínac noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Slovene
1 entries- bizantínski adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
Spanish
4 entries- bizantino adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bizantino adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- farragoso adj (overly complex or intricate)
- sibilino adj (of a devious usually stealthy manner)
Swedish
2 entries- bysantinsk adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- bysantinsk adj (overly complex or intricate)
Turkish
4 entries- Bizans adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Bizans adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- karmakarışık adj (overly complex or intricate)
- Bizanslı noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Ukrainian
4 entries- візанти́єць adj (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire)
- візанті́йський adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- візанти́йка noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
- візанти́єць noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Welsh
2 entries- Bysantaidd adj (of or pertaining to Byzantium)
- Bysantiad noun (native of Byzantine Empire)
Sample sentences
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The history of the Byzantine Empire spans 1058 years.
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The ancient Roman and Byzantine empires had well-developed associations known as demes.
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The Patriarchate in Istanbul is considered the heart of the Orthodox world and dates back to the Byzantine Empire, which collapsed when the Muslim Ottomans conquered the city in 1453.
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