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Sivas

[ see-vahs ]

noun

  1. a city in central Turkey.


Sivas

/ ˈsivɑs /

noun

  1. a city in central Turkey, at an altitude of 1347 m (4420 ft): one of the chief cities in Asia Minor in ancient times; scene of the national congress (1919) leading to the revolution that established modern Turkey. Pop: 266 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

After a time I found the performances rather wearisome, and not nearly so varied and interesting as the “siva-sivas” in Samoa.

A couple of days later the news would have spread to Konia, Angora, and Sivas.

Plans were being made for the installation of an electric-light plant at Sivas, but the undertaking has been stopped by the war.

Below Sivas it flows south to the latitude of Kaisarieh, and then curves gradually round to the north.

With 758 the exception of Sivas, no town of importance lies in the valley of the Kizil Irmak throughout its course of over 600 m.

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