Constantine meaning

UK US /ˈkɑnstəntin/ 3 syllables

Constantine (noun): 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).

Constantine has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

Constantine as a noun

  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)

    Synonyms: Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus

    Type of: Roman Emperor

  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

    Type of: city

How to pronounce Constantine

Constantine is pronounced /ˈkɑnstəntin/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Word lists: words starting with CO · words ending in NE · 11-letter words

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