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Noun: Constantine  'kón-stun,teen
  1. A walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I
     
  2. Emperor of Rome, the first to convert to Christianity (c 272-337)
    - Constantine I of Greece, Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus

Type of: city, Emperor of Rome, metropolis, Roman Emperor, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Encyclopedia: Constantine, Michael