sebastia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village in Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine; the former capital of the Kingdom of Israel; formerly, Samaria (archeological site).
name
Former name of Sivas: a municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey.
name
A theme of the Byzantine Empire centered on Sivas.
Etymology
From Latin Sebastia, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebăstós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sivas.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Sebastea (alternative)
Sebasteia (alternative)
Sabastiyah (alternative)