Hi Vanessa,

Grammatically speaking, I would Romanize it as be-Vizant.yun. It is a foreign 
loan word. However, that said, in check in our database for בברוקלין (in 
Brooklyn), I found the Romanization as bi-Bruḳlin. However, that said I also 
search for בבני ברק and found bi-Vene Berak. My inclination would be to have 
the B instead of a V, for the sake of searching, similar to the idea of how we 
Romanize בירושלים as bi-Yerushalayim instead of birushalayim.

My 3.37 cents.

Best,
Haim
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How would you Romanise בביזנטיון (in Byzantium)? I would think be-Vizanṭyon 
but OCLC 1378074102 has be-Bizanṭyon. Would you retain the B after be- because 
it’s a foreign loan word? Thanks Vanessa Vanessa Freedman Subject Liaison 
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How would you Romanise  בביזנטיון (in Byzantium)? I would think be-Vizanṭyon 
but OCLC 1378074102 has be-Bizanṭyon. Would you retain the B after be- because 
it’s a foreign loan word?

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