Syvash

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Syvash

  • /sɪvˈaʃ/

Where it comes from

From the Russian and Ukrainian Сива́ш (Syváš) and their source, the Crimean Tatar Sıvaş (literally “dirt”).

proper noun Syvash · the Syvash · Sivash

  1. as the Syvash A network of lagoons forming a western arm of the Sea of Azov, connected therewith by the Henichesk Strait through the Arabat Spit, and otherwise bound by Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast to the north, by the Isthmus of Perekop to the west, and by the Crimea to the south.

    Similar: Putrid Sea, Rotten Sea

  2. as Syvash A former village in Pervomaiskyi miskrada, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1777, annexed to the city of Pervomaiskyi (now Zlatopil) in July 1994.
  3. as Syvash A rural settlement in Henichesk urban hromada, Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1874.

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name western arm of the Sea of Azov

日本語腐海, ふかい Fukai
РусскийСива́ш Siváš

name former village in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

中文錫瓦什 /锡瓦什 Xīwǎshén
РусскийСива́ш Siváš

name rural settlement in Henichesk, Henichesk, Kherson, Ukraine

DeutschSywasch
РусскийСива́ш Siváš

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@misc{syvash_2026,
  title = {Syvash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/syvash},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}