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Sivas^¹

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From Turkish Sivas and Ottoman Turkish سیواس (Sivas), from Medieval 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.

proper noun

A province in central Turkey.
A district of Sivas Province, Turkey.
A municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey; formerly, Sebastia.
historical A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

Similar: Rum, Rûm

sivas^²

noun

plural plural of siva

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proper noun

Similar: Rum, Rûm

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@misc{sivas_2026,
  title = {sivas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sivas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}