# Sivas

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A province in central Turkey.
2. A district of Sivas Province, Turkey.
3. A municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey; formerly, Sebastia.
4. A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

## 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.

## Source
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Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sivas