Sivas

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of siva form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province in central Turkey.
  2. 2
    A district of Sivas Province, Turkey.
  3. 3
    A municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey; formerly, Sebastia.
  4. 4
    A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. historical

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"It was decided to unite the national organizations in Thrace and Anatolia and to gather a united and powerful committee in Sivas, which is a reliable place to announce the voice of the nation to the world with all its luster."

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.

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