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=> the OED on "byzantine"...

Posted by pancho (Guest) - Sunday, May 14 2006, 4:42:26 (CEST)
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Byzantine
/bizantin, bi-, bizzn-, -teen/

• adjective 1 relating to Byzantium (later called Constantinople, now Istanbul), the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church. 2 excessively complicated and detailed. 3 very devious or underhand.

• noun a citizen of Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire.

...well okay...so there`s no such word as "Istambulian"...is there?

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