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sevastopol

/ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
Se-vas-to-pol
IPA
/ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.

Etymology

Late 18th century. From Ukrainian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ) and Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστόπολις (Sebastópolis) from σεβαστός (sebastós, “august”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), probably after Empress (=Augusta) Catherine II of Russia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Севасто́поль, Σεβαστόπολις

Inflected Forms

Sebastopol (alternative)

Synonyms

Aqyar

Questions

How do you pronounce sevastopol?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/.
What does sevastopol mean?
A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.
Where does sevastopol come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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