Editing Sevastopol (section)

==Etymology==
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The name of Sevastopolis was originally chosen following the same [[etymology|etymological]] trend as other cities in the Crimean peninsula; it was intended to express its ancient Greek origins. It is a compound of the Greek adjective, {{lang |grc|σεβαστός}} (''[[sebastos|sebastós]]'', {{IPA|grc-x-byzant|sevasˈtos|link=yes}}; 'venerable') and the noun {{lang|grc|πόλις}} (''pólis'', 'city'). {{lang|grc|Σεβαστός}} is the traditional Greek equivalent (see [[Sebastian (name)|Sebastian]]) of the Roman honorific ''[[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]'', originally given to the first emperor of the Roman Empire, [[Augustus]] and later awarded as a title to his successors.

The city was probably named after Empress ("[[Augusta (honorific)|Augusta]]") [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] of the [[Russian Empire]] who founded Sevastopol in 1783. She visited the city in 1787, accompanied by [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], the Emperor of Austria, and other foreign dignitaries.

In the west of the city, there are well-preserved ruins of the ancient Greek port city of [[Chersonesos Taurica|Chersonesos]], founded in the 5th<ref name="A1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wmf.org/project/ancient-chersonesos/|title=Ancient Chersonesos|work=wmf.org/|access-date= 25 December 2020|language=en |trans-title=Ancient Chersonesos}}</ref> century BC by settlers from [[Heraclea Pontica]]. This name means "peninsula", reflecting its immediate location. It is not related to the ancient Greek name for the Crimean Peninsula as a whole: ''Chersonēsos [[Taurica|Taurikē]]'' ("the [[Tauri]]an Peninsula").

{{anchor|spelling}}The name of the city is spelled as:
* English: ''Sevastopol'', the current prevalent spelling; the previously common spelling ''Sebastopol'' was used because the letter 'V' in the Cyrillic spelling, "Севасто́поль", looks like a Western letter 'B'. This form is still used by some publications, and formerly by ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3000099/sailors-still-battling-fire-on-russian-cruiser-moskva-says-dod-official/ | title=Sailors still battling fire on Russian cruiser | accessdate=15 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sevastopol | title=Britannica entry for Sevastopol | accessdate=15 August 2022}}</ref> The current spelling has the pronunciation {{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ɛ|v|ə|ˈ|s|t|oʊ|p|əl|,_|-|ˈ|s|t|ɒ|p|əl|,_|s|ᵻ|ˈ|v|æ|s|t|ə|p|əl|,_|-|p|ɒ|l|,_|-|p|oʊ|l}},<ref name="MWCD_online_paywalled">{{Citation | author = Merriam-Webster | author-link = Merriam-Webster | title = Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary | publisher = Merriam-Webster | url = http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate/ | postscript = . | access-date = 6 March 2014 | archive-date = 10 October 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201010163505/https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/subscriber/login?redirect_to=%2Fcollegiate%2F | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=OED-US>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/Sevastopol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105020818/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/Sevastopol|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2015|title = definition: meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word |work = Oxford Dictionary  |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 | access-date = 7 June 2014}}</ref> while the former spelling has the pronunciation {{IPAc-en|s|ᵻ|ˈ|b|æ|s|t|ə|p|əl|,_|-|p|ɒ|l|,_|-|p|oʊ|l}}.<ref name=OED-b>{{cite web |url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Sebastopol |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130729132855/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Sebastopol |url-status = dead |archive-date = 29 July 2013 | title = definition: meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word | work = Oxford Dictionary|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 | access-date = 7 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=OED-US-b>{{cite web |url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/Sebastopol |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150105015650/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/Sebastopol |url-status = dead |archive-date = 5 January 2015 | title = definition: meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word | work = Oxford Dictionary  |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 | access-date = 7 June 2014}}</ref>
* {{Langx|uk|Севасто́поль}}, {{IPA|uk|sewɐˈstɔpolʲ|pron}}, or ''Sivastopol''{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}; {{Langx|ru|Севасто́поль}}, {{IPA|ru|sʲɪvɐˈstopəlʲ|pron}}.<ref name=OED>{{cite web |url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Sevastopol |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121221203004/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Sevastopol |url-status = dead |archive-date = 21 December 2012 | title = definition: meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word | work = Oxford Dictionary  |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 | access-date = 7 June 2014}}</ref>
* {{crh|Aqyar}}, {{IPA|tt|aqˈjar|pron}}