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noun
an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara: Constantine I rebuilt it and renamed it Constantinople a.d. 330.
Compare Istanbul.
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Byzantium
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
Byzantium
said to be named for its 7c. B.C.E. Gk. founder, Byzas of Megara.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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