Syvash

English

Alternative forms

• Sivash

Etymology

From the Russian and Ukrainian Сива́ш (Syváš) and their source, the Crimean Tatar Sıvaş (literally “dirt”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭvăshʹ, IPA^(key): /sɪvˈaʃ/

Proper noun

Syvash or the Syvash

1. (as the Syvash) A network of lagoons forming a western arm of the Sea of Azov, connected therewith by the Henichesk Strait through the Arabat Spit, and otherwise bound by Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast to the north, by the Isthmus of Perekop to the west, and by the Crimea to the south.

   Synonyms: Putrid Sea, Rotten Sea

2. (as Syvash) A former village in Pervomaiskyi miskrada, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1777, annexed to the city of Pervomaiskyi (now Zlatopil) in July 1994.
3. (as Syvash) A rural settlement in Henichesk urban hromada, Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1874.

Related terms

• Prysyvashne
• Prysyvashshia
• Prysyvaske
• Syvashivka
• Syvaske

Translations

western arm of the Sea of Azov

Ancient Greek: Σᾰπρᾱ́ f (Săprā́) Crimean Tatar: Sıvaş Japanese: 腐海, ふかい (ja) (Fukai) Latin: Bucēs m Russian: Сива́ш (ru) m inan (Siváš) Ukrainian: Сива́ш (uk) m inan (Syváš)

former village in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Armenian: Սիվաշ (Sivaš) Chinese: Mandarin: 錫瓦什 / 锡瓦什 (Xīwǎshén) Russian: Сива́ш (ru) m inan (Siváš) Ukrainian: Сива́ш (uk) m inan (Syváš)

rural settlement in Henichesk, Henichesk, Kherson, Ukraine

Chechen: Сиваш (Sivaš) Esperanto: Sivaŝ Georgian: სივაში (sivaši) German: Sywasch Russian: Сива́ш (ru) m inan (Siváš) Ukrainian: Сива́ш (uk) m inan (Syváš)

Further reading

• Syvash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Syvash, Kherson Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia