As in the original name for the Greek city, before it was called Byzantium; i.e. Constantinople, Istanbul.
If you are German, the way it is spelt.
Hear it here
I’m American, and we usually anglicize similar words in a way that would render it ” Bye-Zahn-Shun” or “Bye-Zahn-Tee-On”
Anybody know a close approximation to the Greek?
If you’re Dutch… almost the the way the Germans pronounce it:
Bee-zan-tee-on.
Βυζάντιον; we can only guess how the Greeks pronounced it.
Bye zan tee on. is close.
Sorry, I thought you meant the English pronunciation. Edited response:
In Ancient Greek, ”Βυζάντιον”, would’ve been pronounced something like this in IPA:
by’zantion
Approximate sounds:
y = German ”ü” a = “o” in “on” (not exactly; it’s really like the “a” in any Spanish or Italian word). i = “ee” in “tree” o = “o” in “phone”
So, you could think of it like bü-ZAHN-tee-own