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
• Bashkir: Аҡъяр (Aqyar), Аҡтейәр (Aqtiyär)
• 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) (Sàiwǎsītuōbō'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, Sévastopol (fr) (rare)
• 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 (Aqıyar)
• Korean: 세바스토폴 (Sebaseutopol), 쎄바스또뽈 (Ssebaseuttoppol) (North Korea)
• Krymchak: Ахйар
• Kyrgyz: Акжар (Akjar)
• Latvian: Sevastopole f
• Lithuanian: Sevastopolis m
• Macedonian: Севастопољ m (Sevastopolj)
• Marathi: सेवास्टोपोल n (sevāsṭopol)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Севастополь (Sevastopolʹ)

• Nogai: Акяр (Akyar), Ак-Яр (Ak-Yar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sevastopol n

• Pannonian Rusyn: Севастополь m (Sevastopolʹ)
• Persian: سواستوپول (sevâstopol)
• Polish: Sewastopol (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sebastopol f, Sevastopol f
• Romanian: Sevastopol
• Russian: Севасто́поль (ru) m (Sevastópolʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Севасто̀пољ m

  Latin: 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, Akyar (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: آقیار (Akyar)

• Turkmen: Sewastopol
• Ukrainian: Севасто́поль (uk) m (Sevastópolʹ)
• Urdu: سواستوپول (sevāstopol)
• Uzbek: Sevastopol
• Yiddish: סעוואַסטאָפּאָל (sevastopol)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sevastopol ?

1. alternative form of Sebastopol

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈvæstəpoʊl/

Proper noun

Sevastopol

1. 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.

Declension

Declension of Sevastopol

	Singular
Nominative	Sevastopol
Genitive	Sevastopola
Dative	Sevastopole
Accusative	Sevastopoli
Predicative1	Sevastopolu
Vocative	o Sevastopol

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.