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sivas

sivas is the plural of siva.

Meaning of siva

Noun

siva (plural sivas)

  1. Any of various birds formerly of genus Siva, now part of genus Actinodura, of barwings.

Proper noun capitalized: Sivas

Sivas

  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. (historical) A former eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

Synonyms of sivas

Origin of sivas

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.

Questions about sivas

What does sivas mean?
Sivas means a province in central Turkey.
What is sivas the plural of?
Sivas is the plural of siva.
What part of speech is sivas?
Sivas is a proper noun.

Words near sivas in the dictionary

  1. Sivan
  2. sivapithecine
  3. sivapithecines
  4. Sivaram
  5. Sivarams
  6. sivas
  7. Sivasagar
  8. Sivasamudram Falls
  9. sivathere
  10. sivatheres
  11. sivatheriine

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