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Sivas en · PROPN

Etymology

From Turkish Sivas and Ottoman Turkish سیواس (Sivas), from Byzantine Greek Σεβάστεια (Sebásteia), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sebastia.

Meanings

  1. A province in central Turkey.
  2. A district of Sivas Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey; formerly, Sebastia.
  4. (historical) A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

Synonyms

Rum (former province) · Rûm (former province)

Translations (6)

cmn 錫瓦斯 /锡瓦斯 (Translations) · la Sebastia (Translations) · ota سیواس (Translations) · grc Σεβάστεια (Translations) · tr Sivas (Translations) · mr सिव्हास (Translations)