Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΣεβαστόπολις
- RussianСевасто́поль
- UkrainianСевасто́поль
- EnglishSevastopol
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.
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Arabic سِيفَاسْتُوبُول
- سِيفَاسْتُوبُول (sifastūbul)city
Bulgarian Севасто́пол
- Севасто́пол (Sevastópol)city
Catalan Sebastòpol
- Sebastòpolcity
Chinese Mandarin 塞瓦斯托波爾 /塞瓦斯托波尔
- 塞瓦斯托波爾 /塞瓦斯托波尔 (Sàiwǎsītuōbō'ěr)city
Czech Sevastopol
- Sevastopolcity
Danish Sevastopol, Sebastopol
- Sevastopolcity
- Sebastopolcity
Dutch Sebastopol
- Sebastopolcity
Estonian Sevastopol
- Sevastopolcity
Finnish Sevastopol
- Sevastopolcity
French Sébastopol, Sévastopol
- Sébastopolcity
- Sévastopolcity
German Sewastopol
- Sewastopolcity
Greek Σεβαστούπολη
- Σεβαστούπολη (Sevastoúpoli)city
Hebrew סבסטופול
- סבסטופולcity
Hungarian Szevasztopol
- Szevasztopolcity
Italian Sebastopoli
- Sebastopolicity
Japanese セヴァストポリ
- セヴァストポリ (Sebasutopori)city
Korean 세바스토폴, 쎄바스또뽈
- 세바스토폴 (Sebaseutopol)city
- 쎄바스또뽈 (Ssebaseuttoppol)city
Latvian Sevastopole
- Sevastopolecity
Lithuanian Sevastopolis
- Sevastopoliscity
Norwegian Bokmål Sevastopol
- Sevastopolcity
Persian سواستوپول
- سواستوپول (sevâstopol)city
Polish Sewastopol
- Sewastopolcity
Portuguese Sebastopol, Sevastopol
- Sebastopolcity
- Sevastopolcity
Romanian Sevastopol
- Sevastopolcity
Russian Севасто́поль
- Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ)city
Slovak Sevastopoľ
- Sevastopoľcity
Spanish Sebastopol
- Sebastopolcity
Thai เซวัสโตปอล
- เซวัสโตปอล (see-wás-dtoo-bpɔɔl)city
Turkish Sivastopol, Akyar
- Sivastopolcity
- Akyarcity
Ukrainian Севасто́поль
- Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ)city
Urdu سواستوپول
- سواستوپول (sevāstopol)city
Yiddish סעוואַסטאָפּאָל
- סעוואַסטאָפּאָל (sevastopol)city
Cite this entry
Sevastopol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sevastopol
“Sevastopol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sevastopol. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sevastopol,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sevastopol.
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