[treb-uh-zond] 
| 1. | a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461. |
| 2. | Official name, Trabzon. a seaport in NE Turkey, on the Black Sea: an ancient Greek colony; capital of the medieval empire of Trebizond. 80,795. |
| Trab·zon (trāb-zŏn', träb-zôn') A city of northeast Turkey on the Black Sea. Founded by Greek colonists in the eighth century B.C., the city was part of the Roman, Byzantine, Trebizond, and Ottoman empires. Population: 214,000. |
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