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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) [syn: Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus]
2: a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name name of 2 kings of Greece: I 1868-1923 (reigned 1913-17; 1920-22); II 1940- (reigned 1964-73; deposed) II. geographical name city NE Algeria population 440,842

Britannica Concise

City (pop.,
1987: 450,000), NE Algeria. A natural fortress, it is built on a rocky height over 800 ft (250 m) above the Rhumel River valley. By the 3rd cent. BC it was one of Numidia's most important towns, and reached its height under Micipsa in the 2nd cent. BC. Ruined in subsequent wars, it was restored in AD 313 and renamed for its patron, Constantine the Great. Overrun by the Arabs in the 7th cent. and later by the Turks, it was captured by the French in 1837. Occupied in 1942 by U.S. troops, it was an important Allied campaign base in World War II. The city retains its medieval walls, and there are Roman ruins nearby. It is an agricultural market for the surrounding area.