Sevastopol

See also: Sevastopoľ

English

Alternative forms

Sebastopol (historical)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/, /səˈvæstəpoʊl/
Hyphenation: Se‧vas‧to‧pol

Proper noun

Sevastopol

A port city in the Crimean peninsula, base of the Black Sea Fleet.

Synonyms

Aqyar (historical)

Translations

city

Arabic: سِيفَاسْتُوبُول‎ m (sifastūbul)
Armenian: Սևաստոպոլ (Sewastopol)
Azerbaijani: Sevastopol
Belarusian: Севасто́паль m (Sjevastópalʹ)
Bulgarian: Севасто́пол m (Sevastópol)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞瓦斯托波爾 (zh), 塞瓦斯托波尔 (zh) (Sèwǎsītuōbō'ěr)
Crimean Tatar: Aqyar
Czech: Sevastopol m
Danish: Sevastopol, Sebastopol
Dutch: Sebastopol
Estonian: Sevastopol (et)
Finnish: Sevastopol (fi)
French: Sébastopol (fr) m
Georgian: სევასტოპოლი (sevasṭoṗoli)
German: Sewastopol (de) n
Greek: Σεβαστούπολη f (Sevastoúpoli)
Hebrew: סבסטופול‎
Italian: Sebastopoli f
Japanese: セヴァストポリ (Sebasutopori)
Korean: 세바스토폴 (Sebaseutopol)

Krymchak: Ахйар
Latvian: Sevastopole
Lithuanian: Sevastopolis m
Marathi: सेवास्तोपोल n (sevāstopola)
Mongolian: Севастополь (Sevastopolʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sevastopol
Persian: سواستوپول‎ (sevâstopol)
Polish: Sewastopol (pl) m
Portuguese: Sebastopol f, Sevastopol f
Romanian: Sevastopol
Russian: Севасто́поль (ru) m (Sevastópolʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Севастопољ m

Roman: Sevastopolj (sh) m
Slovak: Sevastopoľ m
Spanish: Sebastopol (es) m
Tatar: Акъяр (Aqyar)
Thai: เซวัสโตปอล (say-wát-dtoh-bpon)
Turkish: Sivastopol
Ukrainian: Севасто́поль (uk) m (Sevastópolʹ)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sevastopol f

Alternative form of Sebastopol

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