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Sivas

(sē väs′)

city in central Turkey: pop. 220,000

See Sivas in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of central Turkey east of Ankara. An important city of Asia Minor under the Romans, Byzantines, and Seljuk Turks, it was sacked by Tamerlane in 1400 and fell to the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century. Population: 251,000.

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