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):

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• Hyphenation: Se‧vas‧to‧pol

Proper noun

Sevastopol

1. 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), 쎄바스또뽈 (Ssebaseuttoppol) (North Korea)
• 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

1. Alternative form of Sebastopol