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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former Greek empire occupying much of the southern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded as an offshoot of the Byzantine Empire in 1204 and retained its autonomy until it was conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1461.
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Examples
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I had recalled the name Trebizond during Holgate's talk, and it seemed strange now that this second discovery should fall so coincidently.
Hurricane Island 1892
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The native of Trebizond is said to be full of activity and energy; he is cheerful and lively; unlike everything
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I hear the Turk of Trebizond is a very different person from the genuine Osmanli.
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The booty that fell into the hands of the Goths was immense: the wealth of the adjacent countries had been deposited in Trebizond, as in a secure place of refuge.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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G.] 106 Zosimus, l.i. p. Circling round the eastern extremity of the Euxine Sea, the navigation from Pityus to Trebizond is about three hundred miles.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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He is a merchant from Trebizond, which is very far away.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963
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Trabzon (then "Trebizond") was one of the settings for this enforced exodus.
Hurriyet Dailynews 2010
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Architects and painters constructed and decorated churches and monasteries with brilliant mosaics and frescoes in all parts of the empire: the Chora monastery in Constantinople and those of Mount Athos, churches at Trebizond on the Black Sea and Mistras in the Morea in southern Greece.
The Glories of Byzantium Judith Herrin 2011
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Trebizond, Alexandria, Trieste have never recovered their times of glory.
from the shores of Lake Erie Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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Trebizond, Alexandria, Trieste have never recovered their times of glory.
Archive 2007-07-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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