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sivas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
sivas
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province in central Turkey.

name

A district of Sivas Province, Turkey.

name

A municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey; formerly, Sebastia.

name

A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

noun

plural of siva

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sivas, سیواس, Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστός, Augustus

Synonyms

Rum Rûm

Questions

What does sivas mean?
A province in central Turkey.
Where does sivas come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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