Sevastopol

American  

[suh-vas-tuh-pohl, sev-uh-stoh-puhl, syi-vuh-staw-puhl] / səˈvæs təˌpoʊl, ˌsɛv əˈstoʊ pəl, syɪ vʌˈstɔ pəl /

noun

1. a fortified seaport in southern Crimea, in southeastern Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.

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Sevastopol British  

/ sɪvasˈtɔpəlj /

noun

1. English name: Sebastopol.  a port, resort, and naval base in S Ukraine, in the Crimea, on the Black Sea: captured and destroyed by British, French, and Turkish forces after a siege of 11 months (1854–55) during the Crimean War; taken by the Germans after a siege of 8 months (1942) during World War II. Pop: 338 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Schools have been closed across Sevastopol, a city of about a half million people on the Black Sea, Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-backed governor of the city, said on Telegram.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

In Sevastopol - the biggest city in Russian-occupied Crimea - a missile was shot down over the port, the Moscow-installed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

In an agreement partitioning the Black Sea Fleet after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia agreed to pay Ukraine to lease a naval base in Sevastopol.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

About 800 exotic fish died from thermal shock at an aquarium in Sevastopol as cold seawater flooded the facility, the Crimea 24 TV channel and RIA Novosti reported.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Sevastopol is very peculiarly situated, amidst rocky ground, rising so abruptly from the shore, that there was not space for the buildings necessary for a dockyard.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de