Sivas

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.

Sivas

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

• (former province): Rum, Rûm

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From 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 Sabestiye.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vas/

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Sivas

1. Sivas (a province in central Turkey)
2. Sivas (a district of Sivas Province, Turkey)
3. Sivas (a municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey).

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