Sevastopol

See also: Sevastopoľ

English

Alternative forms

Sebastopol (historical)

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sevastopol

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.

Synonyms

Aqyar (historical)

Translations

city

Arabic: سِيفَاسْتُوبُول f (sifastūbul)
Armenian: Սևաստոպոլ (Sewastopol)
Azerbaijani: Sevastopol
Belarusian: Севасто́паль m (Sjevastópalʹ)
Bulgarian: Севасто́пол m (Sevastópol)
Catalan: Sebastòpol m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞瓦斯托波爾／塞瓦斯托波尔 (zh) (Sèwǎsītuōbō'ěr)
Crimean Tatar: Aqyar
Czech: Sevastopol m
Danish: Sevastopol n, Sebastopol n
Dutch: Sebastopol n
Estonian: Sevastopol (et)
Finnish: Sevastopol (fi)
French: Sébastopol (fr) m
Georgian: სევასტოპოლი (sevasṭoṗoli)
German: Sewastopol (de) n
Greek: Σεβαστούπολη (el) f (Sevastoúpoli)
Hebrew: סבסטופול f
Hungarian: Szevasztopol (hu)
Italian: Sebastopoli f
Japanese: セヴァストポリ (Sebasutopori)
Kazakh: Ақиар (Aqiar)
Korean: 세바스토폴 (Sebaseutopol)
Krymchak: Ахйар
Kyrgyz: Севастополь (Sevastopol)
Latvian: Sevastopole f
Lithuanian: Sevastopolis m
Macedonian: Севастопољ m (Sevastopolj)
Marathi: सेवास्टोपोल n (sevāsṭopol)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Севастополь (Sevastopolʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sevastopol n
Persian: سواستوپول (sevâstopol)
Polish: Sewastopol (pl) m
Portuguese: Sebastopol f, Sevastopol f
Romanian: Sevastopol
Russian: Севасто́поль (ru) m (Sevastópolʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Севасто̀пољ m

Roman: Sevastòpolj (sh) m
Slovak: Sevastopoľ m
Slovene: Sevastopol m
Spanish: Sebastopol (es) m
Tajik: Севастопол (Sevastopol)
Tatar: Акъяр (Aqyar)
Thai: เซวัสโตปอล (see-wás-dtoo-bpɔɔl)
Turkish: Sivastopol
Turkmen: Sewastopol
Ukrainian: Севасто́поль (uk) m (Sevastópolʹ)
Uzbek: Sevastopol

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sevastopol

Alternative form of Sebastopol

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