Byzantium

Japanese: Byzantium
Byzantium

...Population: 7,616,000 (1994). In ancient Greece and Rome it was known as Byzantion, Byzantium, and in the Byzantine period as Constantinopolis, and in Turkish it is called Istanbul. The English name of Constantinopolis, Constantinople, is also widely used as an old name.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Byzantium" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口761万6000(1994)。古代ギリシア・ローマ時代はビュザンティオンByzantion,ビュザンティウムByzantium,ビザンティン時代はコンスタンティノポリスKōnstantinoupolis∥Constantinopolisの名で知られ,トルコ語で正しくはイスタンブルとよばれる。コンスタンティノポリスの英語名コンスタンティノープルConstantinopleも旧称として広く使われている。…

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