Why is it die Byzantinerin?

Byzantinerin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Historical: inhabitant of Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire

[1] historisch: Einwohnerin von Byzanz, dem Byzantinischen Reich

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Byzantinerin die Byzantinerinnen
Genitiv der Byzantinerin der Byzantinerinnen
Dativ der Byzantinerin den Byzantinerinnen
Akkusativ die Byzantinerin die Byzantinerinnen

Pronunciation

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